Question

How do you simplify `(3pi)/2 +pi/4`?

Answer 1

We can make use of the property

`a/b + c/d = ((a*d)+(b*c))/(b*d)`

Therefore, `(3pi)/(2) + (pi)/(4) = (12pi + 2pi)/(8) =(14pi)/(8)`

Since both `14` and `8` are divisible by `2`, we can simplify further and write

`(14pi)/(8) = (7pi)/(4)`