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What is 5/12+1/3 please help!

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Answer:

3/4

Explanation:

We first need to have these two as a common denominator.

We can multiply 3 by 4 to get 12 as our denominator, which matches both denominators.

5/12 + 1*4/3*4 =

5/12 + 4/12 =

(5+4)/12 =

9/12

We can simplify further by diving by 3, which would give us 3/4.

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