text: # How do you simplify 4/5+2/9?
  
  Nov 23, 2016
  
  $\frac{46}{45}$ or $1 \frac{1}{45}$
  
  #### Explanation:
  
  $\frac{4}{5} + \frac{2}{9}$
  
  The LCM (Lowest Common Multiple) of $5$ and $9$ is $45$.
  
  $\frac{\left(4 \times 9\right) + \left(2 \times 5\right)}{45}$
  
  $\frac{36 + 10}{45}$
  
  $\frac{46}{45}$ or $1 \frac{1}{45}$