SOLUTION: Simplify as much as possible. w/w + w/2 3 - 2/w - 1

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Question 387412: Simplify as much as possible.
w/w + w/2 3 - 2/w - 1
Answer by gwendolyn(128) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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First of all, w divided by w has to be 1, because any number divided by itself is one.
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Now, we have two terms which say 1 and negative 1.
These, obviously, cancel each other out.
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This is as far as it can be simplified.