if you are adding two fractions that are both greater than 1/2, what must be true about the sum?
Consider a denominator of r; It has proper fractions: 1/r, 2/r, ...., (r-1)/r Their sum is: (1 + 2 + ... + (r-1))/r The numerator of this sum is 1 + 2 + ... + (r-1) Which is an Arithmetic Progression (AP) with r-1 terms, and sum: sum = number_of_term(first + last)/2 = (r-1)(1 + r-1)/2 = (r-1)r/2 So the sum of the proper fractions with a denominator or r is: sum{r} = ((r-1)r/2)/r = ((r-1)r/2r = (r-1)/2 Now consider the sum of the proper fractions with a denominator r+1: sum{r+1} = (((r+1)-1)/2 = ((r-1)+1)/2 = (r-1)/2 + 1/2 = sum{r) + 1/2 So the sums of the proper fractions of the denominators forms an AP with a common difference of 1/2 The first denominator possible is r = 2 with sum (2-1)/2 = ½; The last denominator required is r = 100 with sum (100-1)/2 = 99/2 = 49½; And there are 100 - 2 + 1 = 99 terms to sum So the required sum is: sum = ½ + 1 + 1½ + ... + 49½ = 99(½ + 49½)/2 = 99 × 50/2 = 2475
How about: 1/3+1/3 = 2/3 as one example
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if you are adding two fractions that are both greater than 1/2, what must be true about the sum?
Consider a denominator of r; It has proper fractions: 1/r, 2/r, ...., (r-1)/r Their sum is: (1 + 2 + ... + (r-1))/r The numerator of this sum is 1 + 2 + ... + (r-1) Which is an Arithmetic Progression (AP) with r-1 terms, and sum: sum = number_of_term(first + last)/2 = (r-1)(1 + r-1)/2 = (r-1)r/2 So the sum of the proper fractions with a denominator or r is: sum{r} = ((r-1)r/2)/r = ((r-1)r/2r = (r-1)/2 Now consider the sum of the proper fractions with a denominator r+1: sum{r+1} = (((r+1)-1)/2 = ((r-1)+1)/2 = (r-1)/2 + 1/2 = sum{r) + 1/2 So the sums of the proper fractions of the denominators forms an AP with a common difference of 1/2 The first denominator possible is r = 2 with sum (2-1)/2 = ½; The last denominator required is r = 100 with sum (100-1)/2 = 99/2 = 49½; And there are 100 - 2 + 1 = 99 terms to sum So the required sum is: sum = ½ + 1 + 1½ + ... + 49½ = 99(½ + 49½)/2 = 99 × 50/2 = 2475
1/2 + 1/2 = 1
1/2 + 1 1/2=2
This is a false statement. An example would be 1/3 plus 3/4; the sum of wich is 13/12 or 1 1/12.
It need not be. The numbers 1/2 and (-1/2) are both fractions less than 1 but their quotient is -1, which is less than both the fractions.
The sum of two fractions will be equal to one when the numerator and the denominator of their sum are the same. Example: 1/3 + 2/3 = 3/3 or 1
1/3 + 1/2
1/3
The sum of those fractions is 9 over 10 or 9/10.
The two fractions are -181/2 and 191/2.
How about: 1/3+1/3 = 2/3 as one example