Monica tried to add 1 1/4 + 2/3 and got 1 3/7 as her answer. 1. Explain Monica’s error. 2. What is the correct answer to the problem? NO LINKS

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Farouk Touzi asked Aug 10, 2022

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Monica tried to add 1 1/4 + 2/3 and got 1 3/7 as her answer.

1. Explain Monica’s error.

2. What is the correct answer to the problem?

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Mathematics
middle-school

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Lcm=12

EXPLANATION: sorry :(

Janley Zhang answered Aug 11, 2022

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Explanation:

When adding fractions of different denominators, first find the LCM of the denominators, but she ignored that.

11/4+2/3

LCM=12

(33+8)/12

41/12

Chidananda Nayak answered Aug 14, 2022

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