Question

How do you simplify `(2x+4)/10`?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

One way to simplify this expression is:

`(2x + 4)/10 => (2x)/10 + 4/10 => (2x)/(2 xx 5) + (2 xx 2)/(2 xx 5) =>`

`(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2)))x)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 5) + (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 2)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 5) => x/5 + 2/5`

Another way to simplify is;

`(2x + 4)/10 => (2(x + 2))/(2 xx 5) => (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2)))(x + 2))/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 5) => (x + 2)/5`