| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{x-3}{3x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{1}{x} $ from $ \dfrac{1}{3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x-3 } }{ 3x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |