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= Solution

Choose <Seifert longitude>[Seifert longitudes] $\lambda_i$ disjoint from the small arcs removed in forming the <connected sum of knots>. Join the two resulting longitude arcs through the same connecting tube used for the knots. Their oriented band sum is a zero-linking parallel of $K_1\mathbin\#K_2$, and therefore
$$
\boxed{\lambda_{K_1\#K_2}=\lambda_1\mathbin\#\lambda_2.}
$$

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