Number 11; What do you have to do to solve it?

Is the least common multiple of a pair of numbers ever less than both numbers

nadezda [96]

well It never could be less than both numbers. the LCM of 2 numbers shd either be greater than the 2 numbers .... or the answer should be equal to either one of the numbers ...

lets see some examples to prove this conclusion:

now, lets find the LCM of 2 and 6 ... so if we do it ... we get the answer 6 .. which is ..as we said equal to one of the numbers

another example : 5 and 7 ... in this ... if we do it .. .we get the LCM as 37 ... which is greater than both the numbers

another case where both the numbers are same ....

where we need to find the LCM of 7 and 7 ... the answer will be 7 itself .....

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3 years ago

The line segment AB with endpoints A (-3, 6) and B (9, 12) is dilated with a scale

Gwar [14]

Answer:

C) (-2, 4), (6,8) is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that line segment AB:

A (-3, 6) and B (9, 12) is dilated with a scale factor 2/3 about the origin.

First of all, let us calculate the distance AB using the distance formula:

$D = \sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2}$

Here,

$x_2=9\\x_1=-3\\y_2=12\\y_1=6$

Putting all the values and finding AB:

$AB = \sqrt{(9-(-3))^2+(12-6)^2}\\\Rightarrow AB = \sqrt{(12)^2+(6)^2}\\\Rightarrow AB = \sqrt{144+36}\\\Rightarrow AB = \sqrt{180}\\\Rightarrow AB = 6\sqrt{5}\ units$

It is given that AB is dilated with a scale factor of $\frac{2}{3}$ .

$x_2'=\dfrac{2}{3}\times x_2=\dfrac{2}{3}\times9=6\\x_1'=\dfrac{2}{3}\times x_1=\dfrac{2}{3}\times-3=-2\\y_2'=\dfrac{2}{3}\times y_2=\dfrac{2}{3}\times 12=8\\y_1'=\dfrac{2}{3}\times y_1=\dfrac{2}{3}\times 6=4$

So, the new coordinates are A'(-2,4) and B'(6,8).

Verifying this by calculating the distance A'B':

$A'B' = \sqrt{(6-(-2))^2+(8-4)^2}\\\Rightarrow A'B' = \sqrt{(8)^2+(4)^2}\\\Rightarrow A'B' = \sqrt{64+16}\\\Rightarrow A'B' = \sqrt{80}\\\Rightarrow A'B' = 4\sqrt{5}\ units = \dfrac{2}{3}\times AB$