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OpenStudy (anonymous):

5x-1/5=7/3 Find the LCD Help please.

OpenStudy (btaylor):

what is the smallest number that has both 3 and 5 as a factor?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

15, right?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So is that the answer even though the 5 isn't over anything?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

You have 2 denominators. They are 3 and 5. The smallest number that both 3 and 5 divide into is 15 and so 15 is the LCD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you so much!

OpenStudy (mertsj):

yw

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