Question

simplify the complex fraction
5+1/4 / 2+2/3

Answer 1

I cannot understand what you have written. Please use parentheses, perhaps lots of them, to clarify intent.

Maybe: \(\dfrac{5+\dfrac{1}{4}}{2 + \dfrac{2}{3}}\)?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

You could have written

[5 + (1/4)]/[2 + (2/3)]

Parentheses add clarity!

Find the least common denominator if all denominators that appear.

Answer 4

okay sorry for typing it so bad and i got 1

Answer 5

It's not a matter of typing badly. It's simply a matter of typing so that others can understand. Use parentheses!

You got 1 for what? Did you do my little exercise?

Find the least common denominator if all denominators that appear.

Answer 6

im not sure

Answer 7

?? Have you ever added fractions?

How would you add these? \(\dfrac{1}{4} + \dfrac{2}{3}\)

Answer 8

3/4

Answer 9

3/12

Answer 10

Where did you get 12? Why did you use that value? What happened that caused you to think that you might need 12?

Answer 11

i dontknow what im doing

Answer 12

Go look at your original expression.

Do NOT multiple numerator and denominator by different values.

Find the least common denominator of all the denominators that exist. Numbers involved are 5, 1/4, 2, 2/3. What is the least common denominator amongst those four values?

Answer 13

...


no...

just change the 2 complex fraction into improper fractions

then remember, dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal

Answer 14

\[\frac{ 5 +\frac{1}{4}}{2+\frac{2}{3}}\]\[5= \frac{20}{4}\]
\[5+\frac{1}{4}=\frac{20}{4}+\frac{1}{4} = \frac{21}{4}\]

\[2=\frac{6}{3}\]
\[2+\frac{2}{3}=\frac{6}{3}+\frac{2}{3}=\frac{8}{3}\]


\[\frac{ 5 \frac{1}{4}}{2\frac{2}{3}}= \frac{\frac{21}{4}}{\frac{8}{3}}= \frac{21}{4}*\frac{3}{8}= ...\]

any questions?

Answer 15

\(\dfrac{5 + \dfrac{1}{4}}{2 + \dfrac{2}{3}}\cdot \dfrac{12}{12} = \dfrac{60 + 3}{24 + 16}\)

Answer 16

Whoops. Denominator is "24 + 8"