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ChapterP: Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra
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Problem 1MCCP: In Exercises 1-25, simplify the given expression or perform the indicated operation (and simplify,...
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![**Educational Practice: Simplifying Fractions**
**Instructions:**
Perform the indicated operations. Write answers in simplest form.
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11. \( \frac{-2}{3} + \frac{4}{9} \)
**Solution:**
\[ \frac{1}{2} \]
12. \( 3 \frac{1}{3} \cdot 5 \frac{2}{7} \)
13. \( \frac{5}{6} - \left( -\frac{1}{18} \right) \)
14. \( 5 \frac{4}{9} + 11 \frac{8}{9} \)
15. \( 10 - \frac{3}{5} \frac{6}{6} \)
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**Simplify the Complex Fraction:**
16. \( \frac{\frac{27}{8}}{\frac{9}{4}} \)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0c812a03-deb0-4f5a-864e-4a20bfe811c2%2F3d9cebb6-9d61-425e-bfcc-1845e36cbc41%2Fzs3fbxv_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:**Educational Practice: Simplifying Fractions**
**Instructions:**
Perform the indicated operations. Write answers in simplest form.
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11. \( \frac{-2}{3} + \frac{4}{9} \)
**Solution:**
\[ \frac{1}{2} \]
12. \( 3 \frac{1}{3} \cdot 5 \frac{2}{7} \)
13. \( \frac{5}{6} - \left( -\frac{1}{18} \right) \)
14. \( 5 \frac{4}{9} + 11 \frac{8}{9} \)
15. \( 10 - \frac{3}{5} \frac{6}{6} \)
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**Simplify the Complex Fraction:**
16. \( \frac{\frac{27}{8}}{\frac{9}{4}} \)
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