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3-63.

Evaluate each rational expression.

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  • Add the integer parts from each term together.

    Use a Giant to make the denominators of the fractions the same.

    Simplify, reduce if possible, and change to a mixed number if needed. Then add the fraction sum to the integer sum.

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  • See help for part (a). Remember that subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive.

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  • Change each number into a fraction greater than .

    Simplify, reduce if possible, and change into a mixed number if needed.

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  • See help for part (c). Remember that dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal.