The LCM (85 and 85) = ? Calculate the Least Common Multiple, LCM, of the Numbers
The least common multiple
lcm (85; 85) = ?
How is the least common multiple calculated?
By definition, the least common multiple of two numbers is the smallest natural number that is: (1) greater than 0 and (2) a multiple of both numbers.
The two numbers are equal.
The smallest multiple of 85 is the number itself: 85.
lcm (85; 85) = 85 = 5 × 17
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Calculate the least common multiple of the numbers, LCM:
Method 1: Run the prime factorization of the numbers - then multiply all the prime factors of the numbers, taken by the largest exponents.
Method 2: The Euclidean algorithm:
lcm (a; b) = (a × b) / gcf (a; b)
Method 3: The divisibility of the numbers.