SOLUTION: Please help me! I can't seem to get this right 1/4 + 3/7 + 1/8

Question 35399: Please help me!
I can't seem to get this right
1/4 + 3/7 + 1/8
Answer by lyra(94) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To add fractions you must have a "common denominator"--an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions
an attribute that is common to all members of a category. So here We find that 56 is a common denominator for these numbers (you can find this by testing a few numbers) so .
Hope this helps,
lyra
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