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What number must be added to both numerator and denominator of 16/21 to make the resulting fraction equal to 5/6?

What number must be added to both numerator and denominator of 16/21 to make the resulting fraction equal to 5/6?
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what number must be added to both numerator and denominator of 16/21 to make the resulting fraction equal to 5/6?

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9 because 16 plus 9 is 25 and 21 plus 9 is 30. now you have 25/30
Now you have to simplify:

25 divided 5 is 5 and 30 divided 5 is 6. So 5/6
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