Question

How do you add `\frac { 3} { 6x } + \frac { 1} { 6x }`?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Because both fractions have a common denominator we can add the numerators over the common denominator:

`3/(6x) + 1/(6x) = (3 + 1)/(6x) => 4/(6x)`
We can now factor and reduce common terms from the numerator and denominator:

`4/(6x) = (2 xx 2)/(2 xx 3x) = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 2)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) xx 3x) = 2/(3x)`