The Power Of LCM

Number Theory Level 2

The LCM of 1/2 and 1/3 is ?


The answer is 1.

Sunny Parawala by Sunny Parawala , 22, India

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Arulx Z
Nov 5, 2015

LCM of a b \frac{a}{b} and c d \frac{c}{d} is:

lcm ( a , c ) hcf ( b , d ) \frac { \text{lcm}\left( a,c \right) }{ \text{hcf}\left( b,d \right) }

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Why is this true?

Rakshit Joshi
Oct 24, 2015

In these types of questions find l.c.m of numerator and h.c.f of denominator. L.C.M OF 1, 1 is 1 and H.C.F of 2,3 which is 1 Therefore ans is 1

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As he said one can easily use the formula LCM =LCMof numerator/HCFof denominator.

Sunny Parawala - 5 years, 7 months ago
Sunny Parawala
Oct 24, 2015

Hint : To Find LCM write all multiples of both numbers and then find the one which is common and least.

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