Please help! How would of find LCM for pairs of polynomial.

[Muppers3262]

Please explain how I would find the least common multiple for pairs of polynomials. Thank you!


3xy^2z^3 and 6xy^4z^2

 

[sydney_bristow87]

I'm not really the greatest person at math, so that probably explains why a) you should double check any answers i give you, and b) i have no idea what you want the lcd OF.... like.... the exponents?
yeah i'm not too great at figuring out the obvious.

 

[stapel]

Please explain how I would find the least common multiple for pairs of polynomials.

You would use the same methodology as for numbers: completely factor into primes, and find the smallest product that contains all those factors.

There is a very graphical way of doing that can make short work of the sort of thing you've posted, but it's hard to draw here, so try taking a look here instead.

Hope that helps a bit.

Eliz.