Reduce the fractions, if necessary, to a common denominator; add the numerators together, and place their sum over the common denominator. A Treatise on Algebra - Page 50by Elias Loomis - 1858 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
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...oz -f- x* ADDITION OF ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS. Rule. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator ; then add the numerators together, and place their sum over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Add together it* and ?-=* Ans 2*2 + 2y—. x— y x+y f—f z2 + ws x2 — v2 t 2(».2... | |
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| John Radford Young - 1839 - 332 pages
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| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1839 - 264 pages
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| Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
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| John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 216 pages
...a? 3?-\-ax-\-( measure of the i faction is x — a)—. - r^ — ADDITION OF FRACTIONS IN ALGEBRA.. RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, add the numerators together, and under this sum place the common denominator ; the result will be the sum of the fractions required.... | |
| John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...^d - each to its lowest terms. (For ans. to 7 and 8, see p. 59.) ADDITION OF FRACTIONS IN ALGEBRA. RULE. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, add the numerators together, and under this sum place the common denominator ; the result will be the sum of the fractions required.... | |
| Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...necessary, to simple fractions, and fractions having different denominators to others having the least common denominator. Add the numerators together, and place their sum over the common denominator, the result will be the sum of the fractions required. OBSERVATION. It is necessary to bring the fractions... | |
| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1842 - 368 pages
...fractional quantities together. RULE. Reduce the fractions, if necessary, to a common denominator : then add the numerators together and place their sum over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Find the sum of -T-. — , and -7-. odj ace Here, . axdxf=a*f-\ cxbxf=cbf V the new numerators.... | |
| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1842 - 284 pages
...fractional quantities together. RULE. Reduce the fractions, if necessary, to a common denominator ; then add the numerators together, and place their sum over the common denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Add f, f, and | together. By reducing to a common denominator, we have 6x3x5=90 1st numerator.... | |
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