When one number will divide exactly into the other one then the other one will be the LCM. For example the LCM of 4 and 8 = 8 .
When they do not divide as above then the product of the numbers may be the LCM. For example the LCM of 3 and 4 = 3*4 = 12.
The product is not always the LCM. It might be a lower number . For example the LCM of 4 and 6 is not 24 but 12. ( 24 / 2).
Recall your d = rt, distance = rate * time.
now, if the boat has a speed of say "b", and the current has a speed of say "c", when the boat is going upstream, is not really going "b" fast, is going " b - c " fast, because the current is eroding speed from it, going upwards.
And when the boat is going downstream, is not going "b" fast either, because the current is now adding to speed to it, so is really going " b + c " fast.
The time it took one way, is the same time it took back, 4 hours each way.
thus

what's the speed of the boat? well, 5 + c = b.
Answer:
2/3
Step-by-step explanation:
In the game of chance, the possibility of winning it is 1/3. This is one of two outcomes, winning or losing. Since there is a 1/3 chance of winning it, there leaves only one outcome, losing it. Since 1/3 is a third of a whole, that leaves 2/3 for the other possibility, losing it. We then find that winning it has the chance of 1/3 and losing it has a 2/3 chance.