Jada added two like fractions and then wrote the answer in simplest form. The answer was 1/3. One of the addends was 3/12 . What was the other addends?

Step-by-step explanation:

The two like fractions can be set as x and y (just to use two variables).

One of them is , though, so we can set one of the variables equal to that value (I'm just going to make , it doesn't matter which variable you use).

We also know that adding the two variables gives us so now we can make an equation.

5/6

step-by-step explanation:

if i remember correctly with perpendicular stuff you just take away the negative