Question

Add and reduce to lowest terms: 2 + 9/20

Answer 1

The answer is 2 9/20. Why? Well, 2 + 9/20 means that you just add two whole to 9/20. You would then have the mixed number 2 9/20. Now that you have the mixed number 2 9/20, you can turn it into an improper fraction.

How to turn 2 9/20 into an improper fraction:

Because 20 is your denominator in this fraction and there is two whole, you can multiply 20 by two to get 40 as your new numerator. Because this fraction also was not 3 whole, you could add the remaining 9 to the numerator to get your final new numerator, which is 49. Because 20 was the original denominator, you can keep it as your total to deem the fraction improper. Therefore, your mixed number as an improper fraction would be 49/20.

49/20 is not an option for the answer choices we have, so what we do here is turn it into a mixed number. That concludes to 2 9/20.

Your final answer: 2 9/20. Your answer is #2. If you need to better understand this, let me know and I will gladly assist you.