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A residential cleaning service, Spotless Homes, is training team leaders to estimate project times. If a certified lead cleaner can sanitize a standard house in 7 hours alone, and a new apprentice takes ss hours alone, their combined time working together is 3 hours. To find how long the apprentice takes alone, they model the work rates with the rational equation:

17+1s=13\frac{1}{7} + \frac{1}{s} = \frac{1}{3}

To solve this equation, the first step is to multiply both sides of the equation by the least common denominator (LCD) to eliminate the fractions. What is this least common denominator?

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