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Maria found the least common multiple of 6 and 15. Her work is shown below.

Multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, . . .
Multiples of 15: 15, 30, 45, 60, . . .

The least common multiple is 60.

What is Maria’s error?

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Answer:

the least common multiple is 30 but instead she found the greatest common mutiple.

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User Tammen
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Answer:

the lcm would be 30 not 60

Explanation:

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