How do you simplify $(2/5)+(1/5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-29T03:40:41

I found $3/5$

In this case your fractions have the same denominator, $5$ , so you can add directly the numerator:
$2/5+1/5=(2+1)/5=3/5$
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