SOLUTION: Greetings...I have been out of school over 20 years so please forgive me if I'm not very saavy. I have no clue about fractions and am trying to solve the problem; 1 over 2x plus 1

SOLUTION: Greetings...I have been out of school over 20 years so please forgive me if I'm not very saavy. I have no clue about fractions and am trying to solve the problem; 1 over 2x plus 1

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Question 225234: Greetings...I have been out of school over 20 years so please forgive me if I'm not very saavy. I have no clue about fractions and am trying to solve the problem; 1 over 2x plus 1 over 5x. HELP PLEASE. THANK YOU.
Answer by chibisan(131) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/2x + 1/5x
= 5x+2x/2x*5x
= 7x/10x^2

bring out common factor which gives you

x(7)/x(10x)
= 7/10x (ans)
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