Question

1/6 + 5/8
PLEASE SIMPLIFY!!

Answer 1

Answer: 1/6 + 5/8

Step-by-step explanation:

LCD(1/6, 5/8) = 24

Multiply both the numerator and denominator of each fraction by the number that makes its denominator equal the LCD. This is basically multiplying each fraction by )=?

Complete the multiplication and the equation becomes

4/24+15/24=?

The two fractions now have like denominators so you can add the numerators.

Then:

4+15/24=19/24

This fraction cannot be reduced.

Therefore:

16+5/8=19/24

Solution by Formulas

Apply the fractions formula for addition, to

16+58

and solve

(1×8)+(5×6)6×8

=8+30=48

38/48 DIVIDED BY 2 IS 19/24

Answer 2

Yo sup??

1/6+5/8

=4+15/24

=19/24

Hope this helps