Question

what is the LCD for 50 and 30?

Answer 1

the smallest common multiple .... can be determined by breaking them downinto their prime products; then seeing what you have to include to equal them out

Answer 2

the prime factorizations are:

50 = 2*5*5
30 = 2*3*5

one manner to determine how to fill in the rest is to line them up so that like values are above like values

2 5 5
2 3 5 now drop everything down
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2 3 5 5 these are the prime factors of the LCD

Answer 3

so 150 is the answer. thank you :)

Answer 4

i like 150, good luck ;)

Answer 5

thanks :)

Answer 6

so we take the product of the disjunct of the factors of each number

Answer 7

i thought about trying to state it in set terms as well, but most proper sets dont accept multiples of the same element.

Answer 8

if we consider the factors to be distinct, regardless of multiplicity, then yes

Answer 9

hmmm