Add
(3/2a) + (5/2a)
8/2a
When you're given choices, please post them in your original post.
Simplify PsyDAG's answer.
Thank you, but I don't know how. I will post the problem again. Those in the know should know the correct answer whether posted or not.
PsyDAG's answer is one of your choices. You'll need to simplify his answer, though.
Divide both numerator and denominator by 2.
To add the expressions (3/2a) and (5/2a), we need to have the same denominator. In this case, the denominators are both 2a, so we can proceed with adding the numerators.
The expression becomes:
(3 + 5) / (2a)
Simplifying the numerator:
8 / (2a)
Now, we can simplify further by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2:
4 / a
Therefore, the sum of (3/2a) and (5/2a) is (4 / a).
Thank you but that is not one of the answers we can use:
8/4a, 2/a, 15/4a2^ or 4/a
are the choices.