SOLUTION: Please help me out! The directions just say simplify each sum. ((5y+2)/(xy^2))+((2x-4)/(4xy)) Please help I thought that fractions with denominators that didn't match couldn' be

Question 456469: Please help me out!
The directions just say simplify each sum.
((5y+2)/(xy^2))+((2x-4)/(4xy))
Please help I thought that fractions with denominators that didn't match couldn' be added but apparently they can be. Thanks
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
simplify each sum.

:
You can see that the common denominator would be 4xy^2, both denominators are contained in the factors of 4xy^2, so you have:
:
= =
Factor out 2

Cancel the 2 into the 4, we are left with:

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