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First you express the numbers as their prime factors:

3y = 3, y

y2 = y, y

Next you identify any common prime factors. In this case both numbers have y as a prime factor. Finally you multiply the numbers and divide by the HCF:

3y(y2)/y = 3y2 and thus the LCM is 3y2

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