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Fractions already have a common denominator. Addition and subtraction 50:50 split, when subtracting, the answer is negative half the time. Students shouldn't have to worry about reducing fractions by design.

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Express the following as a single fraction (using / as the fraction bar).

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Since both denominators are the same, i.e. $\\var{den}$. We can simply addsubtract the numerators, $\\var{num1}$ and $\\var{num2}$, and put that over the common denominator.

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$\\begin{align*}\\dfrac{\\var{num1}}{\\var{den}}+\\dfrac{\\var{num2}}{\\var{den}}&=\\dfrac{\\var{num1}+\\var{num2}}{\\var{den}}\\\\[3pt]&=\\dfrac{\\var{ansNum}}{\\var{den}}\\end{align*}$

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$\\begin{align*}\\dfrac{\\var{num1}}{\\var{den}}-\\dfrac{\\var{num2}}{\\var{den}}&=\\dfrac{\\var{num1}-\\var{num2}}{\\var{den}}\\\\[3pt]&=\\dfrac{\\var{ansNum}}{\\var{den}}\\end{align*}$

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$\\dfrac{\\var{num1}}{\\var{den}}+\\dfrac{\\var{num2}}{\\var{den}}$ $\\dfrac{\\var{num1}}{\\var{den}}-\\dfrac{\\var{num2}}{\\var{den}}$  $=$ [[0]]

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