SOLUTION: Add {{{3/(2a+5)+ 4/(7a)}}}

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Question 474417: Add
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Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you want to get these under a common denominator i presume.
multiply (3/(2a+5) by (7a)/7a)
multiply (4/7a) by (2a+5)/(2a+5)
you will get:

since the denominator is the same, you can now add these 2 fractions together to get:

simplify to get:
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simplify further to get:
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I believe that's as far as you can go with this.