Question
Reduce to a single fraction:
$\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{3}$
$\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{3}$
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Answer
$\begin{aligned} & \frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{3} \\ & =\frac{1 \times 3}{2 \times 3}+\frac{2 \times 2}{3 \times 2} \quad(\text { LCM of } 2 \text { and } 3=6) \\ & =\frac{3}{6}+\frac{4}{6}=\frac{3+4}{6}=\frac{7}{6}=1 \frac{1}{6}\end{aligned}$
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