alleryStart learning →A complex fraction is simplified by carrying out which operation?
AAn addition
BA subtraction
CA squaring
DA division
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A division
1. The definition of a complex fraction names the operation.
2. A complex fraction has a fraction on top, on the bottom, or both.
3. A complex fraction is another way of writing division of two fractions.
4. So simplifying it means carrying out that division.
_Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 'Rational Expressions and Equations', sections 8.1-8.9_
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