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Please show me a good formula for adding fractions and then simplifying the answer. For example, 3/4 + 1/2= ? Then simplify the answer. Please and Thank you
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Contrary to what some might think, a formula DOES NOT exist for every math problem.
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document.write( "This problem is simple SIMPLIFICATION. You just need to do what has been done for many generations when ADDING fractions: Find the LCD (Lowest Common Denominator)
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document.write( "for all the fractions, convert any fraction that DOES NOT contain that LCD to a fraction which contains it. 
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document.write( "Then, since the denominators will all be the same, just add the numerators and place the sum over the LCD.
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document.write( "That's it!!
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document.write( "Unless the end-result is an IMPROPER fraction, in which case you convert it to a MIXED NUMBER, if requested. \n" );
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