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What is the LCD of 8/15 and 3/5?

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Answer: 15

The denominators are 15 and 5

The LCM, or lowest common multiple, of 15 and 5 is 15.

Note how 15 is a multiple of 5.

We can write 3/5 as 9/15 after multiplying top and bottom by 3.

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