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here you go!!! hope this helps. you can also follow the steps one by one to help you get to the answer
Pls help I don’t understand-example-1
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Here we have fractions with different denominators, so must find and use the LCD. This LCD is (8)(3) = 24.

Rewriting the original problem,

3k/24 + 16/24 = 120/24. We can cancel the three equal denominators, obtaining:

3k + 16 = 120, or 3k = 104. Then k = 104/3, or 34 2/3 (answer d).

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