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Whats the LCM of 10 and 4​

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Answer:

The least common multiple would be 20!

Explanation:

Now there are different ways of finding out the LCM, but the way I used was Prime Factorization!

List all prime factors for each number.

Prime Factorization of 4 is:

2 x 2 => 22

Prime Factorization of 10 is:

2 x 5 => 21 x 51

For each prime factor, find where it occurs most often as a factor and write it that many times in a new list.

The new superset list is

2, 2, 5

Multiply these factors together to find the LCM.

LCM = 2 x 2 x 5 = 20

In exponential form:

LCM = 2x^{2} * 5x^{1} = 20

LCM = 20

Therefore,

LCM(4, 10) = 20

Hope this helps! :D

- Anna

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Answer:

20

Explanation:

User Nicola Gigante
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