How do you add $3/5+2/8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-10-29T20:25:20

$3/5+2/8$

by simplifying the second fraction,

$=3/5+1/4$

by finding the common denominator $5cdot4=20$ ,

(Multiply $3/5$ by $4/4$ and $1/4$ by $5/5$ )

$={3cdot4}/{5cdot4}+{1cdot5}/{4cdot5}=12/20+5/20$

by combining the fractions,

$={12+5}/20=17/20$

I hope that this was helpful.

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