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How do you simplify $\frac{40 y + 16}{8}$ $(40y+16)/8$ ?

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Jan 18, 2017

Divide each term in the numerator by the single term in the denominator:

$\frac{40 y + 16}{8} \to \frac{40 y}{8} + \frac{16}{8} \to 5 y + 2$ $(40y + 16)/8 -> (40y)/8 + 16/8 -> 5y + 2$

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