How do you simplify #( x +1) / 2 - (w/2)#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-12T00:58:03

#(x-w+1)/2#

To subtract fractions, make sure that both fractions have the same denominator.

Same denominators:

#2/3, 14/3#

#-8/11, 19/11#

Not the same denominators:

#1/4, 2/7#

#-13/17, 89/64#

These two fractions both have the denominator of 2.

To subtract, simply subtract the numerator of the second fraction from the first:

#(x+1-w)/2#

#(x-w+1)/2#