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I am not understanding why you multiplied 3 times 3 on the fourth row

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So the whole equation was multiplied with common denominator (5*3*3).

5*3 part got reduced with the denominator on the left side - this left 3 which got multiplied with the numerator.

On the right side, 3*3 was reduced with the denominator which left 5 to multiply the numerator

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