Question

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Answer 1

To combine the fractions, you want to find a common denominator. Can you think what it could be?

Answer 2

Once you've made the denominators the same, it's simply a case of adding the numerators

Answer 3

I'm thinking x or y @tom982

Answer 4

Not quite, we want xy on the bottom because we can turn the x into xy by multiplying by y, and y into xy by multiplying by x. If you want to find a common denominator, you can always just multiply the two, though it isn't always going to be the simplest form - it's still correct though :)

Answer 5

So we want to change each fraction so that it's something divided by xy,

\[\frac{?}{xy} = \frac{3}{x} \]

Answer 6

What do we put in place of the question mark?

Answer 7

I have no idea im so confused at this point @tom982

Answer 8

Okay no worries.