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prealgebra senior

Problem

What is the largest value among and Express your answer as an integer.
Solution
When 12 is divisible by , the least common multiple of 12 and is simply 12. Therefore, we know that , , , and .

Since and , the least common multiple of 12 and 8 is . Thus, . Finally, 10 introduces a prime factor of 5 into the least common multiple, which makes , which is larger than the other least common multiples.
Final answer
60