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When jared found 1/5+2/5, he wrote the sum 3/10, is jared correct? explain

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User Kemal
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No, as 2/5 is equivalent to 4/10 and 1/5 is equal to 2/10 so the answer would me 6/10
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No, when adding fractions that have the same denominator, you only have to add the numbers in the numerator, not the numbers in both the numerator and the denominator. The sum of 1/5+2/5 is 3/5.
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