SOLUTION: If (3/4-2/3)+(1/2+1/3) is calculated and the answer reduced to simplest terms, what is the denominator of the resulting fraction?

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Question 162843: If (3/4-2/3)+(1/2+1/3) is calculated and the answer reduced to simplest terms, what is the denominator of the resulting fraction?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Instead of calculating this, you can simply find the LCM of 4, 3, and 2 (all of which are denominators). It turns out that the LCM of 4, 3, and 2 is 12 (since that is the lowest number that they can ALL go into). So the denominator of the answer will be the LCM 12.