Question

when dealing with two rational expressions that have different denominators, how would you find a common denominator. What effect would that have on the numerators of the expression

Answer 1

you mulitple the two bottomz by the other number

example 3/4 and 2/8

8 is a common mulitple so 3/4 becomes 6/8 and now they have common denominators

Explanation:

example 3/4 and 2/8

8 is a common mulitple so 3/4 becomes 6/8 and now they have common denominators

and the numerator gets multipled with the same number as the denominator