SOLUTION: Simplify by removing factors of 1. (5w-20)/5w

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Question 81307: Simplify by removing factors of 1. (5w-20)/5w
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QUESTION:

Simplify by removing factors of 1. (5w-20)/5w


ANSWER:
(5w-20)/5w

Here 20 can be written as 5 * 4


So the given expression can be written as,


( 5w - 5*4)/5w

In the numerator you can see that 5 is common in both the terms...so we can take it out of the parenthesis...


==> 5 ( w - 4 )/5w


Now we have the number 5 in both the numerator and denominator.

So it will get cancelled

So the simplified expression is (w-4)/w



Hope you found the explanation useful.


Regards.

Praseena.