Question

1/2 + 1/5 = * Your answer

Answer 1

7/10

Explanation:

1/2 + 1/5

We need to get a common denominator

1/2 * 5/5 = 5/10

1/5 * 2/2 = 2/10

We can add these together

5/10 + 2/10 = 7/10

Answer 2

`(1)/(2)+(1)/(5)=((5\cdot1)+(2\cdot1))/(10)=(5+2)/(10)=(7)/(10)`

We applied the rules for adding fractions with different denominators. This is a way to achieve this. Graphically, we do the operations in this way: