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document.write( "Least common denominator (lcd) is 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewrite each fraction with the lcd as its denominator.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[9*4/lcd]+[3*5/lcd]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add the numerators and write that over the lcd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[36+15]/lcd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=51/80<BR>\n" );
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