## anonymous one year ago Simplify.

1. anonymous

2. anonymous

@ganeshie8 @Michele_Laino @Ashleyisakitty @triciaal @paki

3. anonymous

@Astrophysics @Nnesha

4. paki

do you know how do we take LCM...?

5. anonymous

i got x(x+2)/4 as my answer but thats not an option

6. paki

that's LCM...?

7. anonymous

idk

8. paki

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9. anonymous

10. paki

ok tell me, what will be the next step then....? how you will solve above equation...?

11. anonymous

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12. paki

no... not like this... we can only add SIMILAR terms... like we can add x^2... as they are similar....

13. paki

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14. paki

like here x^2 + x^2 will be 2X^2

15. anonymous

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16. paki

yeah that's correct now.... nice work... :) 2x^2 + 4x / 8 is the answer :)

17. anonymous

would it have been easier to just pick that one cause it was the only one with 8 as the denominator?

18. paki

yeah, so B is the best option as per your options here...

19. anonymous

thx

20. Nnesha

$\huge\rm \frac{ 2x^2+4x }{ 8 }$ you can amplify this 2 is common at the numerator so take it out $\huge\rm \frac{ 2(x^2+2x) }{ 8 }$ now reduce the fraction 2/8= ? that would be ur answer