how to find out lcm of two unlike fractions ?

what is the lcm of 1/4 and 5/6

Suppose ab and cd are two unlike fractions. The following steps show how to find the LCM of ab and cd .
1) Find the LCM of b and d = LCM(b,d)
2) Multiply numerator and denominator of first fraction by LCM(b,d)/b.
3) Multiply numerator and denominator of first fraction by LCM(b,d)/d.
4) After this multiplication, denominator of both fractions are same.
5) Find LCM of new numerators.
The answer is LCM(numerators)/LCM(b,d)

Now lets find the LCM of 1/4 and 5/6.
1) Find the LCM of 4 and 6 = 12
2) Multiply first fraction by 124 = 3
  Multiply the second fraction by 126 = 2
  So now first fraction is 1×34×3 = 312
  and the second fraction is 5×26×2 = 1012
3) Since both denominators are same, LCM of numerators 3 and 10 = 30
4) Hence LCM of 14 and 56 is 3012
After simplification 3012 = 52
Therefore, LCM of 1/4 and 5/6 is 52.

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we should find the lcm of the denominators

lcm of 4 and 6 is 24. the LCM of the 1/4 and 5/6 is 24

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