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Dakota and Howie went out for pizza.

Dakota ate 1/4 of the pizza
Howie ate 3/5 of the pizza.
How much did they eat together

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Answer:

17/20 of the pizza.

Explanation:

First, we need to give these two fractions a common denominator, to do this, we need to find the LCM of 4 and 5. The LCM of 4 and 5 is 20. Now, we multiply 1/4 by 5/5 and mulitply 3/5 by 4/4. When we do this, we get 5/20 and 12/20. Now, we add those fractions and simplify (if we can). When we add them (don't add the bottom numbers), we get 17/20. We can't simplify this, so we just leave it as it is. I hope this helped!

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