Solve 6/7+6/14

$$\frac { 6 } { 7 } + \frac { 6 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{9}{7}\approx 1.285714286$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{7}+\frac{3}{7}$$

Since \frac{6}{7} and \frac{3}{7} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{6+3}{7}$$

Add 6 and 3 to get 9.

$$\frac{9}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{7} = 1\frac{2}{7} = 1.2857142857142858$$