Question

POS When solving an equation that involves distributing fractions, a first step could be to use the least common denominator (LCD) to eliminate POINTS 9.09 actions O True O False

Answer 1

This step is true

Here, we want to use the distributive property to ditribute fractions

By using the least common denominator, it makes us turn the fractions to whole numbers

We have an example as follows;

`(5x)/(6)=(1)/(2)*((3)/(4)+(4)/(6))`

Now, in this case, we have the least common denomianor of 2,4 and 6 as 12

We can now proceed to multiply each of the fractions by this

Doing that, we have;

`5x=6*(9+8)`

By this happening, we would have successfully turned these fractions to whole numbers by the use of the lowest common denominator, and this makes the use of the distributive property easier