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The LCM of two numbers is 60, and one of the numbers is 7 less than the other number. What are the numbers? Justify your answer

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5 and 12 are the numbers
User Radonthetyrant
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Factors of 60 are
1x60
2x30
3x20
4x15
5x12
6x10
the correct answer is 12 and 5, because these are the only numbers which fulfill the required conditions
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