Add the rational numbers \( \dfrac{7}{-18}\) and \( \dfrac{8}{27}\)

Asked by Aaryan | 1 year ago |  35

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Solution :-

Firstly we need to convert the denominators to positive numbers.

\(\dfrac{ 7}{-18} =\dfrac{ (7 × -1)}{ (-18 × -1)} = \dfrac{-7}{18}\)

The denominators are 18 and 27

By taking LCM for 18 and 27 is 54

We rewrite the given fraction in order to get the same denominator

\( \dfrac{-7}{18} = \dfrac{(-7×3) }{ (18×3)} = \dfrac{-21}{54}\) and

\( \dfrac{ 8}{27} = \dfrac{(8×2) }{ (27×2) }=\dfrac{ 16}{54}\)

Since the denominators are same we can add them directly

\(\dfrac{ -21}{54} + \dfrac{16}{54 }= \dfrac{(-21 + 16)}{54} = \dfrac{-5}{54}\)

Answered by Sakshi | 1 year ago

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