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Because the LCM has to be a multiple of both numbers. A number can't have a multiple smaller than itself.

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This is because 0 is not a multiple of any number

ex: zero does not go into 56 or 24

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The LCM is defined as a positive integer.Zero is neither positive nor negative.

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It can, but only if the two numbers don't have any common factors other than 1. The LCM of 4 and 9 is 36.

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The concepts of GCF and LCM are restricted to positive integers. Since zero is a multiple of every number, it would be the answer to every LCM problem, rendering the concept meaningless.

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