How do you combine #1/(2x^2)-5/(2x^2)#?
1 Answer
Basic principles
Explanation:
Fractions are called rational numbers because they can be expressed in the form of
Counting numbers are also rational numbers. There form of
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The bottom number is the size indicator of what you are counting.
In that
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Directly adding the counts give a count of
ADDING THE COUNTS DOES NOT CHANGE THE SIZE INDICATOR!