SOLUTION: (5/8)/(15/16)+(1/2)

Question 207029: (5/8)/(15/16)+(1/2)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.

Multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

Factor

Cancel out the common terms.

Simplify

Multiply the first fraction by

Multiply the second fraction by

Since the denominators are equal, we can now add the fractions.

Combine the fractions by adding the numerators over the LCD.

Add

So
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