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Dennis is thinking of two number. The only common factors of the number are 1 and 3.Thier first common multiple is 18.One of the number is 9. What is the other number?

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The other Number would be 6 due to the fact that since 1 of them is 9, you eliminate the numbers 18, 9, and 3, since they wouldn't meet the qualifications. Therefor, it must be 6 to have common factors 3 and 1, and the LCM ( Least Common Multiple ) will be 18
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