Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}x-\frac{1}{x}-11& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{x^2-1}{x}-11 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{x^2-11x-1}{x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{1}{x} $ from $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^2-1 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Subtract $11$ from $ \dfrac{x^2-1}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^2-11x-1 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ 11 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |