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Answer:
take your pick. Each has its own reason.
Step-by-step explanation:
As with a lot of "doesn't belong" problems, the one that is different depends on your criteria. In the attached figure, each one "doesn't belong" for a different reason. Those reasons are listed below each number line.
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I might choose the lower left: "addition, not subtraction", as it is the only one with arrows in the same direction. That makes its difference from the others more obvious, perhaps.
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Micah did not explain the last step correctly. You cannot cross out a term from the numerator and denominator unless it is a factor. In other words, x² needed to be multiplied and not added in order to cross it out.