SOLUTION: Hi, I am a little confused on dividing the LCM of p and 3p+3 by p. I think the LCM is 3p^2 + 3. If you divided that by p, would it just be 3p+3? Thanks

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Question 722815: Hi, I am a little confused on dividing the LCM of p and 3p+3 by p.
I think the LCM is 3p^2 + 3. If you divided that by p, would it just be 3p+3?
Thanks
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Actually, No and Yes. In that order. You erred by not distributing across both terms of the binomial .



rather



Please review the Distributive Property

But then you undid the error by making the same mistake in reverse when you divided your initial erroneous result by



But



Capisce?

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