<PRE><B>Question 256354</B>
5/6x^5, y/12x*3 What I am having a problem is factoring out the 6 and 12 with that i get 2*3*x*x*x*x*x for 6x^5 for 12x^3 2*2*3*x*x*x how many of each do i take away to find the new LCM


{{{ 5/(6x^5) }}}  {{{y/(12x^3) }}}
{{{ 5/(2*3*x*x*x*x*x) }}}  {{{y/(2*2*3*x*x*x) }}}

find greatest number of times a factor appears in either 6x^5 or 12x^3
2  two occurrences
3  one occurrence
x  five occurrences

2*2*3*x*x*x*x*x
2*2*3*x^5
4*3*x^5
12x^5

12x^5 is LCM of 6x^5 and 12x^3
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