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What is the LCD of 1/2 and 1/5?

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Apr 9, 2016

The lowest common denominator is $10$ .

Explanation:

To calculate the lowest common denominator of 2 fractions you multiply their denominators and divide the result by their greatest common divisor.

Since $2$ and $5$ are prime numbers their only common divisor is $1$ , so the lowest common multiplier is $2*5=10$

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