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What is 3/8+1/3?
They are fractions

User Mhovd
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What you need to do is put all the numerators on top of the least common denominator which will turn out to be 24

So

9+8/24

Now you add them all and in the numerator it will give you 17

17/24

Therefore 3/8+1/3=17/24, so 17/24 is your answer
User Irit Katriel
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11 votes

Answer:

3

8

+

1

3

=

17

24

Result in decimals: 0.70833333333333

Calculation steps:

3

8

+

1

3

=

3 × 3

8 × 3

+

1 × 8

3 × 8

=

9

24

+

8

24

=

9 + 8

24

=

17

24

User Pbarney
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