Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{6^2}-\frac{1}{x^2}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{1}{36}-\frac{1}{x^2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{x^2-36}{36x^2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | x^2-x^2=0x^2 |
② | To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |