Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Review Exercises - Page 496: 20

Answer

$36x^3$

Work Step by Step

We are given the rational expressions: $$\dfrac{7}{9x^3}\text{ and }\dfrac{5}{12x}.$$ The Least Common Denominator of the rational expressions is obtained as the product of all factors which belong to the denominator's factor decomposition, taken at the highest exponent: $$\begin{align*} 9x^3&=3^2\cdot x^3\\ 12x&=2^2\cdot 3\cdot x. \end{align*}$$ The Least Common denominator is $$2^2\cdot 3^2\cdot x^3=36x^3.$$
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