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Jose has 3/5 kilogram of peppermints and 2/3 kilogram of candy canes. How many kilograms of candy does he have?
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Jose has 3/5 kilogram of peppermints and 2/3 kilogram of candy canes. How many kilograms of candy does he have?
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2021-08-10T08:44:18+00:00
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The easiest way to do this is to multiply the denominators by each other.
5*3=15
Now, all we have to do is multiply the numerators by what we multiplied the denominators by, to make it equal.
3*3=9
2*5=10
Now all we have to do is add.
9/15+10/15=19/15 or 1 and 4/15.
Hope this helps!
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