document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=387412>Question 387412</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify as much as possible.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w/w + w/2 3 - 2/w - 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First of all, w divided by w has to be 1, because any number divided by itself is one. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, we have two terms which say 1 and negative 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "These, obviously, cancel each other out.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is as far as it can be simplified. </SPAN>\n" );
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