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Clearing Fractions in Work Application Equations

A landscaping supervisor is calculating the total time (tt) it will take two employees to weed a corporate garden together. The supervisor sets up the rational equation 17+13=1t\frac{1}{7} + \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1}{t}. To clear the fractions and solve for the time, the supervisor must recall the procedure of multiplying both sides of the equation by the Least Common Denominator (LCD). Identify the LCD for this equation, and write out the resulting simplified linear equation immediately after the LCD is distributed to all terms.

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