Question

2 3/5 + 3 7/5 + 1 17/10​

Answer 1

ANSWER

$\frac{237}{10} \: or \: 23 \frac{7}{10}$

EXPLANATION

We want to simplify:

$\frac{23}{5} + \frac{37}{5} + \frac{117}{10}$

The LCM of the denominators is 10.

We collect LCD to obtain.

$\frac{23 \times 2 + 37 \times 2 + 117}{10}$

Carry out the multiplication in the numerator to get,

$\frac{46 +74 + 117}{10}$

Add the numerator to get:

$\frac{237}{10} = 23 \frac{7}{10}$