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Is the statement below always sometimes or never true give at least two examples to support your reasoning that LCMof two numbers is the product of two numbers

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sometimes
1 and 2 is 2
3 and 3 is 9
User OgreSwamp
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It's sometimes true.

One example is the least common multiple of 2 and 3 is 6, which is their product.

But the product isn't always the answer because (example 2:) the least common multiple of 6 and 10 is 30 because 6*5=30 and 3*10=30, however 6*10 is 60.

Ergo, it is only sometimes true.
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