SOLUTION: Find the LCM of 40, 50, and 60. (show your work) Thanks Precious

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Question 42099: Find the LCM of 40, 50, and 60. (show your work)
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Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let us do a prime factorization of each first, so we have
40 = 2^3 * 5
50 = 2 * 5^2
60 = 2^2 * 3 * 5
Now we look for the greatest power of each of the prime numbers present in any of the factorizations...so we have
LCM = 2^3 * 3 * 5^2 = 600