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Find the least common multiple (LCM) of 4 and 5.

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Answer:

  20

Step-by-step explanation:

4 and 5 have no common factors*, so their least common multiple is their product:

  4 × 5 = 20

The LCM of 4 and 5 is 20.

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* We're concerned with integer factors greater than 1. Of course, 1 is a factor of everything, We could say this as "no common prime factors". For computing the LCM, we really want the GCF (greatest common factor) for use in the formula ...

  LCM(m, n) = mn/GCF(m, n)

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