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Find the LCM of the pair of numbers. 9 and 15

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The LCM is 45.

The prime factorization of 9 is 3 × 3.
The prime factorization of 15 is 3 x 5.

Multiply each factor the biggest number of times it occurs above
(3 occurs twice in the prime factorization of 9, and 5 occurs once in the prime factorization of 15) to find the LCM. 3 × 3 × 5 = the LCM
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