1. Find the lowest common denominator (LCD) for $\frac{3}{4}$ and $\frac{3}{16}$.
2. Find the LCD for $\frac{9}{16}$ and $\frac{7}{32}$.
3. Find the LCD for $\frac{3}{64}$, $\frac{9}{16}$, and $\frac{1}{2}$.
4. Find the LCD for $\frac{5}{16}$, $\frac{7}{32}$, and $\frac{11}{12}$.
5. Find the LCD for $\frac{3}{16}$, $\frac{1}{3}$, and $\frac{1}{4}$.
6. Find the LCD for $\frac{7}{27}$, $\frac{33}{36}$, and $\frac{5}{23}$.
7. Find the LCD for $\frac{7}{64}$, $\frac{43}{88}$, and $\frac{51}{92}$.
8. Find the LCD for $\frac{1}{2}$, $\frac{1}{3}$, $\frac{1}{4}$, and $\frac{1}{6}$.
9. Find the LCD for $\frac{1}{12}$, $\frac{1}{10}$, $\frac{3}{16}$, and $\frac{7}{24}$.
10. Find the LCD for $\frac{5}{16}$, $\frac{4}{5}$, $\frac{5}{24}$, $\frac{3}{4}$, $\frac{5}{8}$, and $\frac{7}{15}$.
**Step 1:** Recall that the lowest common denominator (LCD) is the least common multiple (LCM) of the denominators.
**Step 2:** Find the prime factorization of each denominator.
**Step 3:** For each set, find the LCM by taking the highest powers of all prime factors.
**Step 4:** Calculate the LCD for each problem.
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1. Denominators: 4 = $2^2$, 16 = $2^4$.
LCM = $2^{\max(2,4)} = 2^4 = 16$.
LCD = 16.
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2. Denominators: 16 = $2^4$, 32 = $2^5$.
LCM = $2^{\max(4,5)} = 2^5 = 32$.
LCD = 32.
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3. Denominators: 64 = $2^6$, 16 = $2^4$, 2 = $2^1$.
LCM = $2^{\max(6,4,1)} = 2^6 = 64$.
LCD = 64.
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4. Denominators: 16 = $2^4$, 32 = $2^5$, 12 = $2^2 \times 3$.
LCM = $2^{\max(4,5,2)} \times 3^{\max(0,0,1)} = 2^5 \times 3 = 32 \times 3 = 96$.
LCD = 96.
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5. Denominators: 16 = $2^4$, 3 = $3$, 4 = $2^2$.
LCM = $2^{\max(4,0,2)} \times 3^{\max(0,1,0)} = 2^4 \times 3 = 16 \times 3 = 48$.
LCD = 48.
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6. Denominators: 27 = $3^3$, 36 = $2^2 \times 3^2$, 23 = $23$ (prime).
LCM = $2^{\max(0,2,0)} \times 3^{\max(3,2,0)} \times 23^{\max(0,0,1)} = 2^2 \times 3^3 \times 23 = 4 \times 27 \times 23 = 2484$.
LCD = 2484.
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7. Denominators: 64 = $2^6$, 88 = $2^3 \times 11$, 92 = $2^2 \times 23$.
LCM = $2^{\max(6,3,2)} \times 11^{\max(0,1,0)} \times 23^{\max(0,0,1)} = 2^6 \times 11 \times 23 = 64 \times 11 \times 23 = 16192$.
LCD = 16192.
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8. Denominators: 2 = $2$, 3 = $3$, 4 = $2^2$, 6 = $2 \times 3$.
LCM = $2^{\max(1,0,2,1)} \times 3^{\max(0,1,0,1)} = 2^2 \times 3 = 4 \times 3 = 12$.
LCD = 12.
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9. Denominators: 12 = $2^2 \times 3$, 10 = $2 \times 5$, 16 = $2^4$, 24 = $2^3 \times 3$.
LCM = $2^{\max(2,1,4,3)} \times 3^{\max(1,0,0,1)} \times 5^{\max(0,1,0,0)} = 2^4 \times 3 \times 5 = 16 \times 3 \times 5 = 240$.
LCD = 240.
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10. Denominators: 16 = $2^4$, 5 = $5$, 24 = $2^3 \times 3$, 4 = $2^2$, 8 = $2^3$, 15 = $3 \times 5$.
LCM = $2^{\max(4,0,3,2,3,0)} \times 3^{\max(0,0,1,0,0,1)} \times 5^{\max(0,1,0,0,0,1)} = 2^4 \times 3 \times 5 = 16 \times 3 \times 5 = 240$.
LCD = 240.
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**Final answers:**
1. 16
2. 32
3. 64
4. 96
5. 48
6. 2484
7. 16192
8. 12
9. 240
10. 240
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