How do you simplify $\frac{2}{3 a} + \frac{5}{a}$ $2/(3a)+5/a$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-21T19:07:45

$\frac{17}{3} a$ $17/3a$

$\frac{2}{3 a} + \frac{5}{a}$ $2/(3a) + 5/a$

Taking their LCM;

$\frac{2 \times a + 5 \times 3 a}{3 a^{2}}$ $(2 xx a + 5 xx 3a)/(3a^2)$

$\frac{2 a + 15 a}{3 a^{2}}$ $(2a + 15a)/(3a^2)$

$\frac{17 a}{3 a^{2}}$ $(17a)/(3a^2)$

$\frac{17 \times a}{3 a \times a}$ $(17 xx a)/(3a xx a)$

$(17 xx cancela)/(3a xx cancela)$

$17/3a$

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