How do you simplify $\frac { 2} { 2a } + \frac { 4a } { 6a + 12}$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-10T19:25:46

$(2a^2+a+2)/(a^2+2a)$

Start by factoring every numerator and denominator:

$2/(2(a))+(2(2a))/(6(a+2))$

Divide away the $2$ ’s in both fraction:

$cancel(2)/(cancel(2)(a))+(cancel(2)(2a))/(cancel(2)*(3)(a+2))$

So:

$1/a+(2a)/(a+2)$

Get a common denominator of $a^2+2a$

$(a+2)/(a^2+2a)+(2a^2)/(a^2+2a)=(2a^2+a+2)/(a^2+2a)$

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