How do you simplify $1/2 + 4/9$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-22T01:26:01

You first find a common denominator.

I hope you can see that this will be $18$ .

$=1/2xx9/9+4/9xx2/2$

(in both cases multiplying by $1$ in disguise)

$=(1xx9)/(2xx9)+(4xx2)/(9xx2)=9/18+8/18=17/18$

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