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Solve four-tenths plus four ninths

User Nutic
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Answer:


(38)/(45)

Explanation:


(4)/(10) +(4)/(9)

So first you need to have a common denominator (the number on the bottom)

The least common denominator (LCD) would be 90.

So then the fractions would be:
(36)/(90) +(40)/(90).

Add.

You get:
(76)/(90)

Simplify and the answer is
(38)/(45)

User Subhojit Mukherjee
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