document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=19335>Question 19335</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone please help find the LCM<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-1)^3(x+1); (x-1)(x+1);(x-1)^2(x+1)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TO FIND LCM YOU HAVE TO LIST THE PRODUCT OF ALL FACTORS TAKING THE HIGHEST POWER OF EACH FACTOR COMMON IN ALL EXPRESSIONS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..GO ONE BY ONE STARTING FROM THE FIRST ONE \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)^3(x+1)=(x-1)(x-1)(x-1)(x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-1)(x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-1)^2(x+1)^2=(x-1)(x-1)(x+1)(x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we find <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-1)..highest power=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+1)...highest power=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there no other factors ...hence LCM is the product of these highest power factors<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so lcm is................(x-1)^3(x+1)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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