| $$ \begin{aligned}x^3+6x^2+12x-\frac{37}{x+5}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{x^4+11x^3+42x^2+60x-37}{x+5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{37}{x+5} $ from $ x^3+6x^2+12x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^4+11x^3+42x^2+60x-37 } }{ x+5 }$. Step 1: Write $ x^3+6x^2+12x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |