Least Common Denominator (LCD)
We are required to find the LCD for the expression:
[tex]\frac{x}{x+2}+\frac{1}{x+4}=\frac{x-1}{x^2-2x-24}[/tex]We need to have every denominator as the product of the simplest possible expressions.
Since x+2 and x+4 are already factored, we need to factor the expression:
[tex]x^2-2x-24=(x-6)(x+4)[/tex]Now we have the following prime factors:
x+2, x+4, x-6 and x+4
The LCD is the product of all the prime factors:
LCD = (x+2)(x+4)(x-6)
