How do you combine $(5x+4 )/ (6x+5) + (x+1) / (6x+5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-17T09:04:24

Since both fractions have the same denominator, you can simply add up the numerators and keep the denominator unchanged :

$(5x+4)/(6x+5) + (x+1)/(6x+5) = ((5x+4)+(x+1))/(6x+5) = (6x+5)/(6x+5) = 1$ .

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