Question

How do you evaluate `\frac { m + 6} { 5m + 20} + \frac { 5} { 5m + 20}`?

Answer 1

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

`(m + 6 + 5)/(5m + 20) => (m + 11)/(5m + 20)`