Least common multiple: factor them, then see what they have in common and what is leftover and multiply those expressions:
(x - 2)(x + 3) 10(x + 3)(x + 3)
Common: (x + 3)
Leftover: (x - 2), (10), (x + 3)
Common · Leftover is: (x + 3) · (x - 2) · (10) · (x + 3) = 10(x - 2)(x + 3)²
Answer: LCM is 10(x - 2)(x + 3)²
Answer is 18 and value of x is 0
Oof I’m not quite sure how to do that
If we start with 6 and 8, we can break 6 up into 2*3 and 8 into 2*2*2, thus getting a prime factorization of 2*2*2*2*3, or 2^4 *3.
If we begin with 4 and 12, 4 breaks into 2*2 and 12 into 2*2*3, so the prime factorization of 48 is still 2^4 *3.
The starting factors do not matter, since the answer comes out to be the same. There is exactly one correct answer- it doesn't matter how it's found.
Hope this helps! :)
Add 16.937 and 7.5. It's basically doing the problem backwards.
