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Unlike fractions have denominators that are unequal, and therefore cannot be added or subtracted. If two fractions need to be added or subtracted they must first be converted to like fractions.

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To carry out the mathematical operations like addition and subtraction we need to convert the unlike fractions to like fractions.

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