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document.write( "1. Put parentheses around the numerators:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. The denominators are 6 and 8\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. The smallest positive whole number which 6 and 8 will both \r\n" );
document.write( "   go into without leaving a remainder is 24.\r\n" );
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document.write( "4. 24 is the LCD, the least common denominator.\r\n" );
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document.write( "5. The denominator 6 needs to be multiplied by 4 to become 24.\r\n" );
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document.write( "6. We multiply the first fraction by the fraction \"4%2F4\", which\r\n" );
document.write( "   will not change the value because multiplying by \"4%2F4\" is the\r\n" );
document.write( "   same as multiplying by 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28%285n%2B1%29%29%2F6\"·\"4%2F4\" + \"%28%283n-2%29%29%2F8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "7. The denominator 8 needs to be multiplied by 3 to become 24.\r\n" );
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document.write( "8. We multiply the second fraction by the fraction \"3%2F3\", which\r\n" );
document.write( "   also will not change the value because multiplying by \"3%2F3\" is \r\n" );
document.write( "   the same as multiplying by 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28%285n%2B1%29%29%2F6\"·\"4%2F4\" + \"%28%283n-2%29%29%2F8\"·\"3%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "9. Multiply numerators and denominators:\r\n" );
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document.write( " \"4%2A%285n%2B1%29%2F%284%2A6%29\" + \"3%2A%283n-2%29%2F%288%2A3%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "10.  Finish the multiplications:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28%2820n%2B4%29%29%2F24\" + \"%28%289n-6%29%29%2F24\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "11.  Now that the fractions have equal denominators, we add\r\n" );
document.write( "    the two numerators and place it over the 24.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28%2820n%2B4%29%2B%289n-6%29%29%2F24\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "12. Remove the parentheses in the numerator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%2820n%2B4%2B9n-6%29%2F24\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "13. Combine like terms in the numerator:\r\n" );
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