document.write( "Question 354429: Perform the indicated operation and, if possible, simplify. Please show all of your work. \r
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document.write( "Since denominators 7 and 9 have no common factors other than 1,\r\n" );
document.write( "we find the LCD by multiplying them together:  \r\n" );
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document.write( "We multiply the first fraction by  and the second \r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply numerators and denominators\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now add the numerators 27+14 = 41 and place the sum over the LCD\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the final answer.  It does not reduce.\r\n" );
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