How do you simplify $4/11+6/11$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-19T05:30:26

$= 10 / 11$

$4/ color(blue)(11) + 6 / color(blue)(11)$

Since the denominators for both terms are equal we simply combine numerators:

$4/ color(blue)(11) + 6 / color(blue)(11) = ( 4 + 6) / color(blue)(11$

$= 10 / 11$

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