Question

Can someone help me with number 50?

Answer 1

let's take a peek at the denominators first off, and do a "prime factoring" on them.

25 = 5 * 5

27 = 3 * 3 * 3

45 = 3 * 3 * 5

the numbers in bold are repeated there more than once among the factors, and therefore we'll use them once, so our LCD will be 5 * 5 * 3 * 3 * 3, or 675.


`\bf \stackrel{Alaska}{\cfrac{4}{25}}~+~\stackrel{Texas}{\cfrac{2}{27}}~+~\stackrel{California}{\cfrac{2}{45}}~~ \stackrel{LCD~675}{\implies }~~ \cfrac{(27)4~+~(25)2~+~(15)2}{675} \\\\\\ \cfrac{108+50+30}{675}\implies \cfrac{188}{675}`