Question

How do you simplify `5/(4x)+1/(10x)`?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

To add these two fractions they must be over common denominators.

`5/(4x) + 1/(10x) => (color(red)(5)/ color(red)(5) xx 5/(4x)) + (color(blue)(2)/color(blue)(2) xx 1/(10x)) =>`

`25/(20x) + 2/(20x)`

Now, we can add the two fractions:

`25/(20x) + 2/(20x) => (25 + 2)/(20x) =>`

`27/(20x)`