![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/steps_images/step1.JPG\")
\
The expression is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=c7a72ed9cd8fd492f69e71f23ae9ff90.png\")
Find the Least Common Denominator (LCD) of improper fraction![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=3b689abee47a723773b19578c12ca95b.png\")
and![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d93f4e0113e9d1b21f5af9aaed21c03b.png\")
.
Find the Least Common Multiple of 2 and 3.
\Multiples of 2: 2,4,6,8,10,12.....
\Multiples of 3: 3,6,9,12,15,18.....
\The least common multiple of 2 and 3 is 6, the LCD is 6.
\Rewrite each fraction using the least common denominator (LCD).
\![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=780906562c9266dcd604129aa440397f.png\")
And ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d75dd77d2731e62cec2decd39af0b74b.png\")
\ \
![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/steps_images/step2.JPG\")
Rewrite the sum using the LCD.
\![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=11ea1e9041840098a2227a981446c8a7.png\")
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=ee8496e565a49798f70cb5f2d5bef863.png\")
(Add: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=baac13a8200d02e8ea82d085cdd6b921.png\")
)
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=899ddcaaff2dd87ea2c67f9825c835ef.png\")
(Evaluate power:![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=5993617457aa4922273ea3c5abc96e87.png\")
)
![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/steps_images/solution.JPG\")
The simplified expression is![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=fd088ac8e11fbbb2329d4dac5b4443f2.png\")
.