Question

Jada added two like fractions and then wrote the answer in simplest form. The answer was 1/3. One of the addends was 3/12 . What was the other addends?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The two like fractions can be set as x and y (just to use two variables).

One of them is $\frac{3}{12}$, though, so we can set one of the variables equal to that value (I'm just going to make $y=\frac{3}{12}$, it doesn't matter which variable you use).

We also know that adding the two variables gives us $\frac{1}{3}$ so now we can make an equation.

$x+y=\frac{1}{3} \\x+\frac{3}{12} =\frac{1}{3} \\x=\frac{1}{3} -\frac{3}{12} \\x=\frac{4}{12} -\frac{3}{12} \\x=\frac{1}{12}$

Answer:

$\frac{1}{12}$