| OK, that's easy! But, what about
Well, we can't just stick it together like we would if it was addition. We need to get a common denominator... But, the 5 doesn't even have a denominator! That's OK... Just think of pizzas cut into 8 pieces...
How many pieces would there be in 5 pizzas? Yep!
So Check it: Back to the problem:
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which 
. Yep!