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Documenting the LCD Method for Complex Ratio Simplification

You are creating a training manual for new account associates that explains how to simplify complex ratios using the LCD method. Using the expression 13+161213\frac{\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{6}}{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3}} as your example, write a brief explanation that recalls the following:

  1. What is the specific Least Common Denominator (LCD) used for this expression and how is it identified?
  2. What is the mandatory procedural step involving this LCD that must be applied to both the numerator and the denominator?
  3. What are the four resulting whole numbers produced after the LCD is distributed to each term in the expression?

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