PLEASE HELP ME Jerome has 1/4 of the group's video games at his house. Mario has 2/5 of the group's video games at his house. What fraction of the groups's video games is either at Jerome's house or Mario's house? Explain your work
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We need to add 1/4 + 2/5. Remember that the denominators have to be the same to add. The LCM of 4 and 5 is 20.   1/4 = ?/20. Since 4 x 5 = 20, 1 x 5 = 5, so 1/4 = 5/20. 2/5 = ?/20. 5 x 4 = 20, 2 x 4 = 8, so 2/5 = 8/20. 5/20 + 8/20 = 13/20, which is your final answer! Hope this helps!

Answer:

Okay, I am so sorry if this is late! The answer would be 13/20. And of course, I'll explain how I got it.

Step-by-step explanation:

What fraction of the group’s video games is either at Jerome’s house or Mario’s house?

The information the I have given in the question is that Jerome has 1/4 of the group's video games at his house and Mario has 2/5 of the group's video games at his house.

Here are the steps I used to find my answer:

1. Find the common denominator of 4 and 5: 20

2. 1/4 + 2/5 =

3. (1*5/4*5) + (2*4/5*4) =

4. 5/20 + 8/20 =

5. 13/20

Therefor, 13/20 of the group's video games are at either Jerome's house or Mario's house.

To check my answer, I went over my steps and did them once more. I got the same answer both times, this shows that my answer is reasonable.

Hope this helps!