How do you simplify 6/7+1/5?

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How do you simplify 6/7+1/5?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-23T13:28:24

$\frac{37}{35}$ $37/35$

Explanation:

First you need to get these two fractions over a common denominator. The easiest way to find a common denominator is to multiply the two denominators. In this case $7$ $7$ and $5$ $5$ . So, $7 \times 5 = 35$ $7 xx 5 = 35$ and we can use $35$ $35$ as the common denominator:

$(\frac{5}{5} \times \frac{6}{7}) + (\frac{7}{7} \times \frac{1}{5}) \Rightarrow \frac{30}{35} + \frac{7}{35}$ $(5/5 xx 6/7) + (7/7 xx 1/5) => 30/35 + 7/35$

Now that these fractions are over a common denominator we can add the numerators:

$\frac{30}{35} + \frac{7}{35} \Rightarrow \frac{30 + 7}{35} \Rightarrow \frac{37}{35}$ $30/35 + 7/35 => (30 + 7)/35 => 37/35$

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