Question 156302:  hello im a homeschool parent and i really need our help
 
Find the lowest common denominator for each of the sets of fractions 
1. 4  5 
   - ,- 
   5  12
 
2. 3  1  5 
   - ,- ,- 
   4  3  9 
 
3. 2       7 
  ---- , ------ 
 a^2 b^2  a^5 b
 
4. 5x^2    14xy    3 
  ------  ------ ------- 
  3y^3     8z^2   9xy^2
 
5. 2r      7s         15t 
  ------, ------  , ------ 
  35st   5r^3 t^5 7r^7 s^5
 
6. xy       3y      2x 
  ------ , ------- ,------ 
  (x+y)^2 (x+y)^3  x+y
 
7. 2   7      9 
  ---, ---, ------- 
   3   ab   3a+3b
 
8.   4            3 
  ----------  , -------- 
  x^2 + 5x + 6  x^2 - 4
 
9.   17a           11a^2 
  ----------- , ------------ 
  a^2 - 2a - 3  a^2 - 4a + 3
 
10.     x            y+2           y^2 
   ------------- ,------------- ,------------- 
  x^2 + 3x - 4    x^2 + 5x - 6   x^2 + 10x + 24
 
11.     5          y+2            y^2 
   ----------- ,------------ ,------------- 
    y^2 - 25    y^2 + 8y + 15 y^2 - 2y - 15
 
12.     2x     3y 
    --------- ,--------- 
    x^2 - y^2   2x + 2y
 
13.   5      2          3    
   ------ ,------ , ---------- 
  a^3 + 8  a^2 - 4  a^2 - 2a + 4
 
 
Change the following fractions to equivalent fractions with the lowest common denominator
 
14. 4  2    8 
   --, -- ,--- 
   5   3    25
 
15. 5     12     4 
  ---- ,----- ,----- 
  x^2     y    xy^2
 
16. 3a    4b      c 
  ----- ,----- ,----- 
   2b     7c     3a
 
17.   x       2x         1 
  -------- ,-------- ,--------- 
  x^2 - 36  x - 6      x + 6
 
18.    5             11 
   -----------  ,----------- 
   a^2 - 5a - 14 a^2 - a - 6
 
19. y+2       y-2 
  -------- ,------------ 
  y^2 - 1   y^2 + 2y + 1
 
 
20.   z      1      2z 
    ----- ,----- ,------ 
    x-y     x+y    y-x
 
21.    xy            x          y 
   -------------- ,------- ,---------- 
   x^2 + xy + y^2   x - y   x^3 - y^3
 
  
 Answer by oscargut(2103)      (Show Source): 
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