Question

What is 1/16 plus 1/12?

Answer 1

 you can say : 1/16 = 1*12/16*12 = 12/192  and  1/12 = 1*16/12*16 = 16/192 so  now you can say : 12/192 + 16 /192 = 12+16/192 = 28/192 = 0.145 :))
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Answer 2

1/16+ 1/12
= 3/48+ 4/48 (common denominator)
= 7/48

The final answer is 7/48~