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PLEASE HELP!

Express your answer in simplest mixed-number form.

6 5/9 + 2 7/9

User Yichun
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Conversion: 6 5/9 = 6 · 9 + 59 = 599Conversion: 2 7/9 = 2 · 9 + 79 = 259Add: 599 + 259 = 59 + 259 = 849 = 283
The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of the both denominators - LCM(9, 9) = 9
User Yvonne Aburrow
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Exact form: 28/3
Decimal form: 9.333....
Mixed Number form: 9 1/3
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