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Jared consuela and Reggie have an ant farm Jared collected 25/100 of the ants from the ant farm consuela collected 6/10 of the ants what fraction of the ants did Jared and consuela collected together

User Theodosis
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Answer:

17/20

Explanation:


(25)/(100) + (6)/(10)

to solve this multiply both fractions by 100

(25 + 60) / 100 = 85/100

we need to find the lowest common multiple

Both the numerator and denominator can be divided by 5 = 17/20

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