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What is the sum of the fraction below? 1/7+3/8

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Answer:

29/56

Explanation:

Here we're combining two fractions of different denominators, 7 and 8. The LCD is the product of 7 and 8: 56.

1/7 is rewritten as 8/56 and 3/8 as 21/56.

Summing these up, we get 29/56

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