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Standard Operating Procedure: Merging Efficiency Ratios

In your role as a Business Process Analyst at Nexus Shipping, you are documenting the standard procedure for merging two efficiency metrics. The metrics are represented by the expressions 7x+12x+3\frac{7x+12}{x+3} and x2x+3\frac{x^2}{x+3}. Write a short technical essay detailing the step-by-step mathematical process required to add these two expressions and simplify the result to its most basic form. Your explanation should clearly describe the handling of the numerators, the arrangement of the resulting polynomial, the factoring technique applied, and the final cancellation step that leads to the simplified expression.

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