SOLUTION: Please help. How do I do this? Simplify the complex fraction. each of these are underlined except for the last one. w+3 4w w-3 2w

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Question 77754: Please help. How do I do this?
Simplify the complex fraction.
each of these are underlined except for the last one.
w+3
4w
w-3
2w

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note: For future reference, a "complex" fraction doesn't make it a complex number. A complex number deals with numbers that contain imaginary units.

Start with the given expression
When you divide 2 fractions, you multiply the 1st fraction by the reciprocal of the 2nd fraction

Notice the terms 2w and 4w cancel to



Now multiply.

Distribute. This is your simplified answer

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