document.write( "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. \n" ); document.write( "
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1/2x + 1/5x
\n" ); document.write( "= 5x+2x/2x*5x
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "bring out common factor which gives you\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x(7)/x(10x)
\n" ); document.write( "= 7/10x (ans)
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