SOLUTION: I looked but could not find an answer to this, I am confused as to how to work this out, please help....find the LCM of 50x^5y, 60x^4y^3, 30x^2y^4..thanks

Question 662412: I looked but could not find an answer to this, I am confused as to how to work this out, please help....find the LCM of 50x^5y, 60x^4y^3, 30x^2y^4..thanks
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Divide and conquer:

A common multiple of , , and
has to be a multiple of , , and
The LCM of those 3 coefficients is .

A common multiple of , , and
has to be a multiple of , , and .
The LCM of those powers of is obviously , which is
a multiple of itself,
a multiple of , because ,
and a multiple of , because .

A common multiple of , , and
has to be a multiple of , , and .
The LCM of those powers of is obviously

The LCM of , , and is
.
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