What is 17/2 + 7/6 in fraction?
17/2 + 7/6 equals to 29/3 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 17/2 plus 7/6 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 17/2 + 7/6 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 17/2 plus 7/6 = 29/3
Since both fractions have unequal denominators, 17/2 plus 7/6 is an unlike fractions addition. For adding unlike fractions, you have to first find the equivalent fractions for fraction 17/2 and fraction 7/6 in order to have the same denominators for both fractions. Therefore, you have to find the LCM of denominators 2 and 6. 6 is the LCM of 2 and 6. Multiplying the LCM 6 with the numerators and denominators of both fractions (17/2 x 6/6) + (7/6 x 6/6), and simplify further in order to have the common denominator. So the equivalent fraction for 17/2 is 51/6 and for 7/6 is 7/6. By simplifying this fraction addition 51/6 + 7/6, it becomes 58/6.
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find the equivalent fraction between 17/2 and 7/6 by adding two fractions with different, unequal or unlike denominators. The sum in fraction form for 17/2 plus 7/6 can be obtained by using anyone of the two methods below.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
(17/2) + (7/6) using LCM Method:
What is 17/2 plus 7/6 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 17/2
Fraction B: 7/6
What to be found?
(17/2) + (7/6) = ?
Find what's the sum of 17/2 and 7/6.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 17/2 and 7/6 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction addition. Since the denominators of given fractions 17/2 and 7/6 are not equal, it is said to be unlike fractions addition.
step 3For unlike fractions addition, find the LCM (least common multiple) of both denominators of fractions 17/2 and 7/6:
The LCM of 2 and 6 is 6.
step 4 Write the fractions 17/2 and 7/6 in the addition expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
= 17/2 + 7/6
= [(17 x 6)/(2 x 6)] + [(7 x 6)/(6 x 6)]
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
= 51/6 + 7/6
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
= 1/6 x (51/1 + 7/1)
= 1/6 x (51 + 7)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
= 1/6 x 58
= 58/6
= 29/3
17/2 + 7/6 = 29/3
Hence,
17/2 plus 7/6 as a fraction is 29/3.
17/2 + 7/6 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 17/2
Fraction B: 7/6
What to be found?
(17/2)+(7/6) = ?
Find what's the sum of 17/2 and 7/6.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (17 x 6), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (7 x 2), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (2 x 6) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (17 x 6) + (7 x 2)/(2 x 6)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (102 + 14)/12
= 116/12
= 29/3
17/2 + 7/6 = 29/3
Hence,
17/2 plus 7/6 in fraction is 29/3