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.