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1 over 3 plus 1 over 5

 Sep 2, 2016
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\(\dfrac{1}{3}+\dfrac{1}{5}\\ =\dfrac{5}{15}+\dfrac{3}{15}\\ =\dfrac{8}{15}\)

 

I have a quicker way to do fraction addition actually, you can try to learn that or you can just ignore that if you want.

 

Diagonally multiply and add them up, put it at the numerator's place, multiply the denominators, simplify.

Don't understand? Never mind, Look at the example:

Example:

\(\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{4}{5}\)

Diagonally multiply and add them up: 2 x 5 + 3 x 4 = 10 + 12 = 22

Put it at the numerator's place: we have \(\dfrac{22}{something\; here}\) now.

Multiply the denominators: 3 x 5 = 15. We now have \(\dfrac{22}{15}\), it is improper!!

 

Therefore we need to Simplify: Final answer = 1 7/15 :D You can check the answer by using the old way :)

 Sep 2, 2016

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