Concept : -
From the given question we are asked to find the least common multiple of two given numbers. Here for this question, we will use the prime factorisation method and find the factors for the two given numbers and then we find the least common multiple for the numbers given. So, we proceed with our solution as follows.
Required Answer :-
2 | 5, 8
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2 | 5, 4
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2 | 5, 2
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5 | 5, 1
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1, 1
2×2×2×5 = 40
Additional information :-
We should remember the concept of least common multiple, which means the smallest number that two numbers both can get to or which is the common multiple between two numbers. We should know that we have different method to find the least common multiple like listing the multiples, prime factorization and division