How do you simplify $-2/7 + (-2/5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-06T18:23:43

See the entire simplification process below:

First, we must put the fractions over a common denominator (35 in this case) by multiplying each fraction by the appropriate form of $1$ :

$(5/5 xx -2/7) + (7/7 xx -2/5) ->$

$-10/35 + (-14/35)$

We can now add the numerators over a common denominator:

$(-10 + (-14))/35 ->$

$(-10 - 14)/35 ->$

$-24/35$

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