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Find the least common denominator 1/3 1/24 2/15

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How to find the Least Common Denominator of fractions. The solution describes how to factor out the denominators to find the L.C.D

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Lets look at the two fractions 1/24 and 1/15 (We leave 1/3 out, since 15 and 24 are already multiplications of three).

We can write 24 this way: ...

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