How do you simplify $5/(4x)+1/(10x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-29T21:28:40

See a solution process below:

To add these two fractions they must be over common denominators.

$5/(4x) + 1/(10x) => (color(red)(5)/ color(red)(5) xx 5/(4x)) + (color(blue)(2)/color(blue)(2) xx 1/(10x)) =>$

$25/(20x) + 2/(20x)$

Now, we can add the two fractions:

$25/(20x) + 2/(20x) => (25 + 2)/(20x) =>$

$27/(20x)$

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