How do you simplify $\frac{2}{7} + \frac{1}{2}$ $2/7+1/2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-27T03:47:48

$\frac{11}{14}$ $11/14$

$\frac{2}{7} + \frac{1}{2}$ $2/7 + 1/2$

We need to get a common denominator. To do that, let's multiply both fractions by the other denominator (top and bottom)

$\frac{2}{2} \times \frac{2}{7} + \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{7}{7}$ $2/2 xx 2/7 + 1/2 xx 7/7$

multiply straight across

$\frac{4}{14} + \frac{7}{14}$ $4/14 + 7/14$

add together

$\frac{4 + 7}{14}$ $(4+7)/14$

$\frac{11}{14}$ $11/14$

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