Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators

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Section 9.5
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Adding and subtracting fractions with like
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Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike
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Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike
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• Rewrite each fraction with a common denominator
  (a multiple of the factored form of each
  denominator).
• Add or subtract the numerators
• Factor the numerator (if possible)
• Reduce/Cancel

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We need an x 1 for the left fraction
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LCD will be (x 3)(x 2)