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Which of the following is the prime factores form of the lowest common denominator of

Which of the following is the prime factores form of the lowest common denominator-example-1
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We need to find the primed factor form of the lowest common denominator of the fractions 2/15 and 5/12, hence we first need to find the lowest common factor between 15 and 12, let's do that by listing the multiples of each number:

12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, ....

15, 30, 45, 60, 75, ....

From the multiples above we notice that the least common denominator will be 60.

Now we need to find the prime factorization of 60, let's do that:


60=2*2*3*5

Since we can't have any further factorization of the factors this is the prime factored form of the LCD, therefore, the answer is the third option.

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