Find the LCD (y+5)/(6y^2-6) and 7/(8y+8)

$\frac{y + 5}{6 y^{2} - 6}$ and $\frac{7}{8 y + 8}$

Step 1

Simplify each polynomial.

Simplify the denominator.

Factor $6$ out of $6 y^{2} - 6$ .

Factor $6$ out of $6 y^{2}$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y^{2}) - 6}, \frac{7}{8 y + 8}$

Factor $6$ out of $- 6$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y^{2}) + 6 (- 1)}, \frac{7}{8 y + 8}$

Factor $6$ out of $6 (y^{2}) + 6 (- 1)$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y^{2} - 1)}, \frac{7}{8 y + 8}$

Rewrite $1$ as $1^{2}$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y^{2} - 1^{2})}, \frac{7}{8 y + 8}$

Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, $a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b) (a - b)$ where $a = y$ and $b = 1$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y + 1) (y - 1)}, \frac{7}{8 y + 8}$

Factor $8$ out of $8 y + 8$ .

Factor $8$ out of $8 y$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y + 1) (y - 1)}, \frac{7}{8 (y) + 8}$

Factor $8$ out of $8$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y + 1) (y - 1)}, \frac{7}{8 (y) + 8 (1)}$

Factor $8$ out of $8 (y) + 8 (1)$ .

$\frac{y + 5}{6 (y + 1) (y - 1)}, \frac{7}{8 (y + 1)}$

Step 2

Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.

$6 (y + 1) (y - 1), 8 (y + 1)$

Step 3

The LCM is the smallest positive number that all of the numbers divide into evenly.

1. List the prime factors of each number.

2. Multiply each factor the greatest number of times it occurs in either number.

Step 4

$6$ has factors of $2$ and $3$ .

$2 \cdot 3$

Step 5

The prime factors for $8$ are $2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2$ .

$8$ has factors of $2$ and $4$ .

$2 \cdot 4$

$4$ has factors of $2$ and $2$ .

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2$

Step 6

The LCM of $6, 8$ is the result of multiplying all prime factors the greatest number of times they occur in either number.

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 3$

Step 7

Multiply $2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 3$ .

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$4 \cdot 2 \cdot 3$

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$8 \cdot 3$

Multiply $8$ by $3$ .

$24$

Step 8

The factor for $y + 1$ is $y + 1$ itself.

$(y + 1) = y + 1$

$(y + 1)$ occurs $1$ time.

Step 9

The factor for $y - 1$ is $y - 1$ itself.

$(y - 1) = y - 1$

$(y - 1)$ occurs $1$ time.

Step 10

The factor for $y + 1$ is $y + 1$ itself.

$(y + 1) = y + 1$

$(y + 1)$ occurs $1$ time.

Step 11

The LCM of $y + 1, y - 1, y + 1$ is the result of multiplying all factors the greatest number of times they occur in either term.

$(y + 1) (y - 1)$

Step 12

The Least Common Multiple $LCM$ of some numbers is the smallest number that the numbers are factors of.

$24 (y + 1) (y - 1)$

Find the LCD (y+5)/(6y^2-6) and 7/(8y+8)

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