Homework Help: algebra

Posted by babygirl on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7:54am.

perform the indicated operations and,if possibly,simplify,if a quotient is undefined,state this -5/9+2/3

is this right-7/27

algebra - Reiny, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8:42am
no, not even close, (looks like you incorrectly added the numerators, and multiplied the denominators !!!)

-5/9 + 2/3
= -5/9 + 6/9
= 1/9

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