SOLUTION: Is the LCM of two prime numbers always their product?

Question 180637: Is the LCM of two prime numbers always their product?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember, the LCM of a and b is:

If "a" and "b" are prime, this means that (since primes numbers have NO common factors, other than 1, between them)

So

This shows us that the LCM of two prime numbers is simply their product.
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