Question

a student simplified the fraction m+n/ p +n to m/p how could you help the student?a the student is incorrectly applying the fundamentals laws of fractions because the theorem is only true for product sums b the student is incorrectly applying the fundamentals laws of fractions because the theorem is only true for productsc the student is applying the fundamentals laws of fractions correctly because theorem is true for product and sumD the student is incorrectly applying the fundamentals laws of fractions because the theorem is only true for product and sum

Answer 1

The student is incorrectly applying the fundamentals laws of fractions because the theorem is only true for products

Here, we want to correct a calculation error by a student

The calculation error is;

`(m+n)/(p+n)\text{ = }(m)/(p)`

This is mathematically incorrect and we want to state why it is

If the evaluation was as follows;

`(m* n)/(p* n)\text{ = }(m)/(p)`

This would have been correct

The reason it is wrong is that it can only work for a product for the same value for each of the numerator and denominator

The answer is thus;

The student is incorrectly applying the fundamentals laws of fractions because the theorem is only true for products