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Question
Write these fractions appropriately as additions or subtractions:
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Solution
Here we may observe that the first, second and third rectangles represent 2, 3 and 5 shaded parts out of 6 equal parts respectively. Clearly, the fraction represented by the third rectangle is the sum of fractions represented by the first and second rectangles.
Hence, `2/6 + 3/6 = 5/6`
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