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Question

Simplify $\frac{- 3}{10} + \frac{7}{15} + \frac{3}{- 20} + \frac{- 9}{10} + \frac{13}{15} + \frac{13}{- 20}$

\frac{- 2}{3}

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\frac{3}{5}

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\frac{4}{5}

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\frac{1}{3}

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Solution

The correct option is A $\frac{- 2}{3}$
Re-arranging and grouping the numbers in pairs such that each group contains a pair of rational numbers with equal denominators, we have
$\frac{- 3}{10} + \frac{7}{15} + \frac{3}{- 20} + \frac{- 9}{10} + \frac{13}{15} + \frac{13}{- 20}$
$= (\begin{matrix} \frac{- 3}{10} + \frac{- 9}{10} \end{matrix}) + (\begin{matrix} \frac{7}{15} + \frac{13}{15} \end{matrix}) + (\begin{matrix} \frac{3}{- 20} + \frac{13}{- 20} \end{matrix})$
$= (\begin{matrix} \frac{- 3}{10} + \frac{- 9}{10} \end{matrix}) + (\begin{matrix} \frac{7}{15} + \frac{13}{15} \end{matrix}) + (\begin{matrix} \frac{- 3}{20} + \frac{- 13}{20} \end{matrix})$
$= \frac{(- 3) + (- 9)}{10} + \frac{7 + 13}{15} + \frac{(- 3) + (- 13)}{20}$
$= \frac{- 12}{10} + \frac{20}{15} + \frac{- 16}{20}$
$= \frac{- 6}{5} + \frac{4}{3} + \frac{- 4}{5}$
[Expressing each rational in lowest terms]
$= (\begin{matrix} \frac{- 6}{5} + \frac{- 4}{5} \end{matrix}) + \frac{4}{3}$
$= \frac{(- 6) + (- 4)}{5} + \frac{4}{3} = \frac{- 10}{5} + \frac{4}{3}$
$= - 2 + \frac{4}{3} = \frac{- 6 + 4}{3} = \frac{- 2}{3}$

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