Three positive integers are in geometric progression, and have a sum of 1 9 and a product of 2 1 6 . What is the least common multiple (LCM) of the three integers?
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A more shortcut, Take the terms in GP as a r , a , r a , So u get directly a from product, nd r from the second step
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Yeah..actually I had used it but didnt mention that method...:( (I guess that's bcos I did this quesiton mentally, but while writing-I used this method))
Since the numbers are in geometric progression, we can express them as: d a , a , a d
Multiplying them gives us a 3 which is 2 1 6 ======= a = 6
Now we have d 6 , 6 , 6 d
Adding them gives us d 6 + 6 + 6 d = 1 9
This simplifies to 6 d 2 − 1 3 d + 6 = 0 ========= x = 1 . 5
Substitution gives us the three numbers: 4 , 6 , 9 with a common ratio of 1 . 5
the l c m of these numbers is 3 6
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The numbers are in Geometric Progression. This indicates that they are of the form- a , a r , a r 2 . Their Product is a 3 r 3 = 2 1 6 . Thus we get, a r =6. Rewriting the solution for their sum, that is- a + a r + a r 2 = 1 9 in terms of a r , we get that the terms are 4,6,9. Their LCM is 3 6
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