SOLUTION: How would I find the lcm of ...x squared -32x-10 and 2x+10

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Question 870988: How would I find the lcm of ...x squared -32x-10 and 2x+10
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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2x%2B10=2%28x%2B5%29
x%5E2-32x-10 does not divide evenly by 2 or by x%2B5. In fact, it cannot be factored into anything with rational coefficients.
The polynomials x%5E2-32x-10 and 2x%2B10 have no factor in common.
Finding a common multiple of x%5E2-32x-10 and 2x%2B10
is like finding a common multiple of 6 and 35 .
Since they do not have any common factors, all you can do is multiply them together, and you get the least common multiple that way.
Depending on what you are asked for, or what you are going to do with that common multiple,
you may want to leave the product as %28x%5E2-32x-10%29%282x%2B10%29 ,
or maybe you would want to actually do the multiplication.