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OpenStudy (anonymous):

find the least common multiple x^2-3x, x^2+3x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do they all have in common?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah :]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so is x the least common multiple ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Tresag yes :P

hero (hero):

Wait, that isn't exactly right

hero (hero):

We have to find a multiple of both, which is not the same as factoring

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it's X hero...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you had it right

hero (hero):

No, it's not x and I will explain why (or at least try)

hero (hero):

|dw:1351471520860:dw| If we re-wrote them as the denominators of fractions that need to be added, then the least common multiple would be the number that we would find such that both fractions were able to be added together.

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