What is 9/32 + 5/9?
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Step 1Can you add yet? Nope! The denominators don't match. We need a common denominator. So next we take both denominators and multiply them. Next, take each numerator and multiply it by the denominator of the other term. So, we multiply 9 by 9, and get 81, then we multiply 32 by 9 and get 288. Now for the second term. You multiply 5 by 32, and get 160, then multiply 32 by 9 and get 288. We now have a new problem, that looks like this:
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Step 2Since our denominators match, we can add the numerators. 81 + 160 = 241 That gives us the sum, which is
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Step 3Now, do we need to simplify this fraction? First, we attempt to divide it by 2... Nope. Try the next prime number, 3... Nope. Try the next prime number, 5... Nope. Try the next prime number, 7... Nope. Try the next prime number, 11... Nope. Try the next prime number, 13... Nope. Try the next prime number, 17... Nope. Try the next prime number, 19... Nope. Try the next prime number, 23... Nope. Try the next prime number, 29... Nope. Try the next prime number, 31... Nope. Try the next prime number, 37... Nope. Try the next prime number, 41... Nope. Try the next prime number, 43... Nope. Try the next prime number, 47... Nope. Try the next prime number, 53... Nope. Try the next prime number, 59... Nope. Try the next prime number, 61... Nope. Try the next prime number, 67... Nope. Try the next prime number, 71... Nope. Try the next prime number, 73... Nope. Try the next prime number, 79... Nope. Try the next prime number, 83... Nope. Try the next prime number, 89... Nope. Try the next prime number, 97... Nope. Try the next prime number, 101... Nope. Try the next prime number, 103... Nope. Try the next prime number, 107... Nope. Try the next prime number, 109... Nope. Try the next prime number, 113... Nope. Try the next prime number, 127... Nope. Try the next prime number, 131... Nope. Try the next prime number, 137... Nope. Try the next prime number, 139... Nope. Try the next prime number, 149... Nope. Try the next prime number, 151... Nope. Try the next prime number, 157... Nope. Try the next prime number, 163... Nope. Try the next prime number, 167... Nope. Try the next prime number, 173... Nope. Try the next prime number, 179... Nope. Try the next prime number, 181... Nope. Try the next prime number, 191... Nope. Try the next prime number, 193... Nope. Try the next prime number, 197... Nope. Try the next prime number, 199... Nope. Try the next prime number, 211... Nope. Try the next prime number, 223... Nope. Try the next prime number, 227... Nope. Try the next prime number, 229... Nope. Try the next prime number, 233... Nope. Try the next prime number, 239... Nope. Try the next prime number, 241... Nope. Try the next prime number, 251... No good. 251 is larger than 241. So we're done reducing. Congratulations! Here's your final answer to 9/32 + 5/9
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