How do you simplify $2/5 * 2/3 +1/5 div 2/3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-17T23:17:33

$2/5*2/3 + 1/5-:2/3$

$=4/15+1/5*3/2$

$=4/15+3/10$

Now ask yourself the question, what do 15 and 10 both fit into?

*The answer is 30. So let's transform the denominators of these fractions into 30.

$=4/15*1+3/10*1$

$=4/15*2/2+3/10*3/3$

$=8/30+9/30$

$=17/30$

How do you simplify 2/5 * 2/3 +1/5 div 2/32/5 * 2/3 +1/5 div 2/3?