Explanation for Fulton's Proof of Intersection number

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I am reading the Fulton 'Algebraic Curves' and I am currently trying to understand the proof for the existence of the intersection number. It is defined to be

$I(P; F\cap G) = \text{dim}_k \left(\mathcal{O}_p(\mathbb{A}^2)/(F,G)\right)$.

One of the properties this number has to fulfill is

'I(P,F ∩ G) is a nonnegative integer for any F, G, and P such that F and G intersect properly at P. I(P,F ∩G) = ∞ if F and G do not intersect properly at P.'

The proof goes as follows:

'If F and G have no common components, I(P,F ∩G) is finite by Corollary 1 of §2.9.'

Corollary 1: $\dim_k (k[X1,...,Xn]/I) = \sum_{i = 1}^N \dim_k (O_{pi} /IO_{pi}$)

Now my problem is, how do I get from $\dim(\mathcal{O}_p(\mathbb{A}^2)/(F,G))$ to $\dim(\mathcal{O}_p(\mathbb{A}^2)/(F,G)\mathcal{O}_p(\mathbb{A}^2))$ ?