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Vlad [161]
3 years ago
10

What must be true of two rational expressions before they can be added?

Mathematics
1 answer:
VladimirAG [237]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

They most have common denominators.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the following two rational expressions:

\frac{p}{a}  , \frac{q}{b}

where p,a,q, b are integers, a and b the denominators are not 0, i.e. a,b\neq 0

We can add rational expressions only if their denominator is same.

That is why we find LCD to be ab.

Then,

\frac{p}{a} +\frac{q}{b} =\frac{pb+qa}{ab}

Let the following two rational expressions:

\frac{p}{a}  , \frac{q}{b}

where p,a,q, b are integers, a and b the denominators are not 0, i.e. a,b\neq 0

We can add rational expressions only if their denominator is same.

That is why we find LCD to be ab.

Then,

\frac{p}{a} +\frac{q}{b} =\frac{pb+qa}{ab}

So, the correct answer is the last option that we can sum rational expressions if they have common denominator.

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