What is the least common multiple of #{8, 12, 16, 3}?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-10T13:46:29

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Let's first do prime factorizations:

#8=2^3#

#12=2^2xx3#

#16=2^4#

#3=3#

Now we look for the largest grouping of each prime in the factorizations.

For the number 2, the largest grouping is in 16:

#LCM=2^4xx...#

The other prime factor is 3. We need one of those (since both 12 and 3 only have one):

#LCM=2^4xx3=48#