SOLUTION: What is 25/48 + 15/22? Please show all work and simplify. Thank you.

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Question 612131: What is 25/48 + 15/22? Please show all work and simplify.
Thank you.
Answer by Bb(20) About Me  (Show Source):
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To start out the denominator of each fraction needs to be the same so you need to find the common denominator 25%2F48+%2B+15%2F22 for this it is 528 so you need to multiply 25%2F48 by 1%2F11 and you will get 25%2F528 then you need to multiply 15%2F22 by 1%2F24 and you get 15%2F528 then you can add 25%2F528+%2B+15%2F528=++40%2F528 you must then simply the fraction and you will get 5%2F66