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1/8 + 9/40 as a fraction in simplest form

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Answer:

7/20

Explanation:

9/40, 9 divided by 40 is 0.225. 1/8, 1 divided by 8 is 0.125. Add 0.225 and 0.125 you get 0.35. 35% (0.35) of 100 to a fraction is 7/20. 7 divided by 2 is 3.5 or 0.35, 20 divided by 2 is 10 or 1. So yeah. Hope This Helps :)

User Vishnu Kanwar
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Find the least common multiple of 8 and 40 which is 40. The denominator will be 40. For 8 to get to 40 we have to multiply the top number by five since 8 x 5 is 40.

So we will have:

5/40

9/40 already has 40 as its denominator so we will keep the fraction like that:


5/40 + 9/40 = 14/40


14/40 can be simplified by 2.


7/20




So the answer is 7/20.



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