document.write( "Question 341483: 2 + 5w-7v/7w - 8w-v/3w
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document.write( "Express as a single fraction in lowest terms \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #244583 by unlockmath(1688)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hello, \n" ); document.write( "The first trick is to set all these {2 + 5w-7v/7w - 8w-v/3w} to fractions with the same denominator as follows: \n" ); document.write( "42w/21w + 105w^2/21w - 21v/21w - 168w^2/21w - 7v/21w \n" ); document.write( "Now we can rewrite this as: \n" ); document.write( "(-63w^2 +42w-28v)/21w \n" ); document.write( "Rewritten as: \n" ); document.write( "7(-9w^2+6w-4v)/21w \n" ); document.write( "This reduces to: \n" ); document.write( "(-9w^2+6w-4v)/3w \n" ); document.write( "Did you follow this? \n" ); document.write( "RJ \n" ); document.write( "www.math-unlock.com \n" ); document.write( " |