| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{x^2-12x+20}{x^2}-100& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{-99x^2-12x+20}{x^2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $100$ from $ \dfrac{x^2-12x+20}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -99x^2-12x+20 } }{ x^2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 100 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |