Thread: Complex fractions!!!!

explain how to simplify 2/x+y/3?

Originally Posted by peepsrock09

explain how to simplify 2/x+y/3?

$\displaystyle \frac{2}{x}+\frac{y}{3}$

$\displaystyle =\frac{2(3)+y(x)}{3x}$

$\displaystyle
=\frac{6+yx}{3x}
$

Originally Posted by peepsrock09

explain how to simplify 2/x+y/3?

For general explanations of the "how", try some online lessons.

Short version: To add rational expressions, which are just polynomial fractions, you can use many of the same techniques that you use for adding "regular" (numerical) fractions: find the common denominator, convert to that common denominator, and then add the numerators.