SOLUTION: 1/5+2/3

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Question 23996: 1/5+2/3
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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%283%2F15%29%2B%2810%2F15%29

make sure you are happy where the second line came from. I just scaled up the fraction so that they had the same denominator, here both 15. I can now add the fractions together easily:

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jon.