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Subtract.
Since there's a common denominator, you can go straight into subtracting,
so for the top, x^2 + 8x - x^2 -2x + 6 will simplify to -6x -6 which with the bottom can be reduced (dividing everything by 3) to 2x - 2/x^2 + x