document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=522372>Question 522372</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm currently working on Lesson 5-6 Sums and Differences of Rational Expressions. It's relatively easy, I'm not having too much of a problem with it. Here's the problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "17. a/bc + b/ac + c/ab\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the answer is a^2 + b^2 + c^2 over abc.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i'm confused how they got that. I can almost unerstand. One of those tip of the tongue kind of things. Please help! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #346820 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=346820\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> abc is the lowest common denominator (LCD)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you convert each of the fractions to the LCD, you multiply the numerator by the missing factor </SPAN>\n" );
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