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How do you simplify #\frac { \frac { x ^ { 2} - w ^ { 2} } { x - w } } { \frac { x - w } { w } }#?

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Jul 11, 2018

#w*((x+w)/(x-w))#

Explanation:

Note that

#(x^2-w^2)/(x-w)=((x-w)(x+w))/(x-w)=x+w#
so we get

#(x+w)/((x-w)/w)=w*(x+w)/(x-w)#

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