| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{x}{x+5}-\frac{7}{x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{x^2-7x-35}{x^2+5x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{7}{x} $ from $ \dfrac{x}{x+5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^2-7x-35 } }{ x^2+5x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |