<PRE><B>Question 205830</B>
simplify by removing a factor of 1 if possible.

4        w+5      3
----  + -----  + -----
w+2      w^2-4    w-2


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The lcd is (x-2)(x+2)
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Rewrite each fraction with the lcd as its denominator:
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[4(w-2)]/lcd + (w+5)/lcd + [3(w+2)]/lcd

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Combine the numerators over the lcd
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[4w-8 + w+5 + 3w+6]/lcd
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Simplify:
[8w+3]/[w^2-4]
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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>