What is the LCD of 3/5 and 1/3?

1 Answer
Mar 30, 2016

LCD of fractions 3/535 and 1/313 is 3/131.

Explanation:

Lowest Common Denominator of fractions is different from finding Lowest Common Denominator of natural numbers.

To find the Lowest Common Denominator of fractions,

one has to first find the Lowest Common Denominator of all the numerators, say it is AA

and then Highest Common Factor of all the denominators, say it is BB

Then A/BAB is the Lowest Common Denominator of fractions.

In the given example, we have 33 and 11 as numerator and as there is no common factor between them, we can multiply them to get their Lowest Common Denominator, which is 33 .

In the denominators we have 55 and 33 and again we do not have any common factor between which divides all these numbers and hence Highest Common Factor is 11.

Hence, Lowest Common Denominator of fractions 3/535 and 1/313 is 3/131.