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A production supervisor is calculating the total output of two manufacturing lines. Line A produced 7/12 of its daily quota, and Line B produced 5/18. After converting these fractions to 21/36 and 10/36 respectively to establish a common denominator, why is it important NOT to simplify these fractions before adding them together?

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