How do you find the LCM of $x^3y, x^2y^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-03T13:17:59

$x^3y^2$

$x^3y => x xx x xx x xx y$

$x^2y^2 => x xx x xx y xx y$

The common factors are $x xx x xx y$

Multiply the other factors to get the $"LCM"$

$=> x xx x xx y xx x xx y$

$=> x xx x xx x xx y xx y$

$=> x^3 xx y^2$

$=> x^3y^2$

How do you find the LCM of x^3y, x^2y^2x^3y, x^2y^2?