What is the difference when the LCM of the numbers from to is subtracted from the LCM of the numbers from to ?
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To find the LCM of the numbers from 1 to 5 3 , we must find all largest p n below 5 3 , where p is a prime number, and multiply them. The same goes with the other sequence of numbers but all p n must be below 5 8 .
The list above shows that the prime numbers from 5 3 below and from 5 8 below are the same. There are also no p n that is between 5 3 and 5 8 , meaning the factors to make their LCMs are the same. Thus, their LCMs have a difference of 0 .