Question

Solve 2⁄3 + 5⁄6 and put answer in simplest form. A. 11⁄2 B. 7⁄6 C. 2⁄3 D. 9⁄6

Answer 1

Explanation:

The answer is 9/6 which is d

Answer 2

We have the equation:

`(2)/(3)+(5)/(6)`

So we need to get both of the terms to have a common denominator. We can do this by multiplying both the numerator and denominator of the first term by 2 - this allows it to remain the same number, it just increases the value of the denominator:

`(2)/(2)*(2)/(3)=(4)/(6)`

So then we can rewrite the expression:

`(4)/(6)+(5)/(6)`

And then we can add these fractions:

`(4)/(6)+(5)/(6)=(9)/(6)`

Therefore, the answer would be D)
`(9)/(6)`

**Note: These answer could further be simplified to
`(3)/(2)` by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 3, however the answer choice is not there - for future reference though, you could further reduce.