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A fruit salad recipe calls for 3/4 pounds of apples and 2/5 pounds of dates. What is the least common denominator of the fractions

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Answer:

20

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User Zapko
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5 and 4 have no common factors until they are multiplied by each other. So if you were to convert your existing measurements, you would do the following.

(3/4) x (5/5)
(2/5) x (4/4)

Giving you 15/20 and 8/20
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