How do you simplify $2/(3a)+5/a$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-21T19:07:45

$17/3a$

$2/(3a) + 5/a$

Taking their LCM;

$(2 xx a + 5 xx 3a)/(3a^2)$

$(2a + 15a)/(3a^2)$

$(17a)/(3a^2)$

$(17 xx a)/(3a xx a)$

$(17 xx cancela)/(3a xx cancela)$

$17/3a$

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