Simplify 15/(26x)+2/13

$\frac{15}{26 x} + \frac{2}{13}$

Step 1

To write $\frac{2}{13}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2 x}{2 x}$ .

$\frac{15}{26 x} + \frac{2}{13} \cdot \frac{2 x}{2 x}$

Step 2

Write each expression with a common denominator of $26 x$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

Multiply $\frac{2}{13}$ by $\frac{2 x}{2 x}$ .

$\frac{15}{26 x} + \frac{2 (2 x)}{13 (2 x)}$

Multiply $2$ by $13$ .

$\frac{15}{26 x} + \frac{2 (2 x)}{26 x}$

Step 3

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{15 + 2 (2 x)}{26 x}$

Step 4

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$\frac{15 + 4 x}{26 x}$