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An engineering apprentice is studying a fluid dynamics manual that describes flow rates using the complex rational expression 3x+25x−2−3x2−4\frac{\frac{3}{x+2}}{\frac{5}{x-2}-\frac{3}{x^2-4}}. The manual explains how to simplify this using the Least Common Denominator (LCD) method. Once the apprentice identifies the LCD of all the inner fractions as (x+2)(x−2)(x+2)(x-2), the required next step is to multiply both the denominator and the ____ of the main complex fraction by this LCD.

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