Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{3}{y^2+y+12}-\frac{2}{y^2+6y+8y}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{3}{y^2+y+12}-\frac{2}{y^2+14y} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{y^2+40y-24}{y^4+15y^3+26y^2+168y}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Simplify denominator $$ y^2+ \color{blue}{6y} + \color{blue}{8y} = y^2+ \color{blue}{14y} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{2}{y^2+14y} $ from $ \dfrac{3}{y^2+y+12} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ y^2+40y-24 } }{ y^4+15y^3+26y^2+168y }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |