How do you simplify $5/12 + 2/3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-03T06:05:23

$5/12+2/3=1 1/12$

To simplify $5/12+2/3$ , we should first modify the fractions so that they have common denominator.

As $3$ is a factor of $12$ , the GCD of denominators $12$ and $3$ is $12$ and

$5/12+2/3=5/12+(2xx4)/(3xx4)$

= $5/12+8/12=13/12=(12+1)/12$

= $12/12+1/12=1 1/12$

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