What is the lowest common denominator of $\frac{3}{4}$ $3/4$ and $\frac{5}{8}$ $5/8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-15T08:45:55

The lowest common denmominator is $8$ $8$ . See explanation.

$8 = 2 \cdot 4$ $8=2*4$ , so we can expand the first fraction by $2$ $2$ to get equal denominator.

$\frac{3 \cdot 2}{4 \cdot 2} = \frac{6}{8}$ $(3*2)/(4*2)=6/8$

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