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A data analyst at a logistics company is calculating net operational efficiency by subtracting an overhead time model from a total time model, represented by the expression:

4x211x+8x23x+23x2+x3x23x+2\frac{4x^2-11x+8}{x^2-3x+2} - \frac{3x^2+x-3}{x^2-3x+2}

When writing the subtraction over the shared denominator, the analyst must recall the algebraic rule for subtracting polynomials. Which of the following correctly shows the numerator's expression immediately after the negative sign has been distributed, but before any like terms are combined?

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