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Question
What is wrong in the following additions?
`6 1/2`
+ `2 1/4`
= `8 2/6 = 8 1/3`
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Solution
On observing the sum, we find that the fractions have different denominators which could not be added directly.
For adding fractions with different denominators we have to convert them into like fractions.
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