Question

Question #6f1d8

Answer 1

`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`