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  • 24-01-2017
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How do you add fractions when there is variables as the denominator??


Example: 1/a + 1/b

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  • 24-01-2017

you make the them the same

remember that x/x=1 when x=x
so

make the bottoms the same
find the least common multipule
they don't have any common factors so just multiply them
ab is the common denomenator
so multiply 1/a by b/b to get b/(ab)
multiply 1/b by a/a to get a/(ab)

now we have
b/(ab)+a/(ab)=(b+a)/(ab) or (a+b)/(ab)

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