How do you find the Least common multiple of $8y^2, 16xy, 16y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-29T11:16:45

L C M = $16xy^2$

Factors of the three terms are

$8y^2 = color(red)(8y)*y, 16xy = color (green)2*color(red)(8y)*x, 16y = color(red)(8)*color(green)2*color(red)y$

$L C M = color(red)(8y)$ * $color(green)2 * xy = 16xy^2$ ; (green and

red color terms are included in L C M only once.)

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