Question #6f1d8

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Aug 28, 2017

2 is the answer

Explanation:

When adding or subtracting fractions, you must have a common denominator (the bottom number). To achieve this, you can either divide both sides of 12/8 by 2/2, or you can multiply both sides of 2/4 by 2/2.

Since dividing will result in an easier simplification later on, so we will divide.

(12/8)-:(2/2)=6/4

Now we can add.

6/4+2/4=8/4

This simplifies to be 2