SOLUTION: I have a problem with this problem i keep on getting a wrong answer 31/2 + 42/3 please show how u do this problem ANS=177/6

Question 6170: I have a problem with this problem i keep on getting a wrong answer
31/2 + 42/3 please show how u do this problem
ANS=177/6
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have to get a common denominator for the denominators of 2 and 3. The least common denominator for these numbers is 6.

To convert the first denominator to 6ths, you must multiply the numerator and denominator of the first fraction by 3, and to get the second denominator to 6ths, you must multiply numerator and denominator by 2:

Add numerators together:

R^2 at SCC
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