Question

Find the least common denominator of the following pair of fractions: 7/8 1/2 a. 16 b. 8 c. 24 d. 2 can someone explain?

Answer 1

b.8

Explanation:

To find the least common denominator we need to find the least common multiple.

Therefore;

multiples of 2 = 2,4,6,8,10,etc

multiples of 8 = 8,16,24,32,40,etc

Find the least common multiple out of these..

Then that would equal to 8.

least means the lowest common that's why it is 8.