How do you simplify $4/18+2/9$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-28T01:30:30

$4/9$

First, you need to get both these fractions over common denominators (in this case $9$ ) by multiplying the fractions by the appropriate for of $1$ :

$((1/2) / (1/2) * 4/18) + 2/9 =>$

$(4/2)/(18/2) + 2/9 =>$

$2/9 + 2/9$

Now, you can add the fractions:

$(2 + 2)/9 =>$

$4/9$

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