ADDITION OF FRACTIONS
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Determine the Lowest Common Denominator (LCD). EXPLANATION

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Determine the Prime Factors to rewrite the Rational Numbers as their equivalent with the LCD. EXPLANATION

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Multiply the factors together to get the numbers to multiply. EXPLANATION

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Multiply the factors of each Numerator. (They now have the same Denominator.) Then add them together. EXPLANATION

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