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What is the LCD of 1/9,1/27,8/45
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to get the LCD we should start by doing a quick prime factoring of each denominator, as you see in the picture below.

the factors in red are the common factors to all values, and they are used in the LCD only once, the other not common factors in blue, they're used in the LCD.

What is the LCD of 1/9,1/27,8/45 HELP ASAP PLEASE-example-1
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