SOLUTION: w-3/ w-8 -w+1/w+8 + w-88/w^2-64 Ive been doing these kind of problems and I just cant get it right, I think i have the steps down then they are wrong, Says to perform indic

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Question 268664: w-3/ w-8 -w+1/w+8 + w-88/w^2-64
Ive been doing these kind of problems and I just cant get it right, I think i have the steps down then they are wrong,

Says to perform indicated operations and simplify

Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
here is the problem:

step 1 - find a common denominator as w^2-64 or (w+8)(w-8).
step 2 - change the numerators to get

step 3 - expand the numerator to get

step 4 combine like terms to get

step 5 - factor numerator and get

step 6 - cancel w-8 to get

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