The prime factorization of 4 is 2 x 2. It is not possible to find the LCM of a single number.
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Well, honey, the least common multiple of 2, 12, and 16 is 48. You take the highest power of each prime number that appears in the factorization of each number, and then multiply them all together. Voilà, you've got your answer!
Find the prime factorization of 16.The prime factorization of 16 is: 2x2x2x2.
LCM of 27 36 54 is 108.
No number has that prime factorization since 4 isn't prime.
The Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 4, 5, and 12 is the smallest multiple that all three numbers share. To find the LCM, you need to first find the prime factorization of each number: 4 = 2^2, 5 = 5^1, and 12 = 2^2 * 3^1. Then, you take the highest power of each prime factor that appears in any of the numbers: 2^2 * 3^1 * 5^1 = 60. Therefore, the LCM of 4, 5, and 12 is 60.