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Matt H. answered • 05/31/15 PATIENT :-) Elem/Middle MATH and WRITING; HS SAT and COLLEGE ESSAYS!
The question states that the boys can also be arranged in a solid square, meaning that 180 cannot be the answer, as its square root is not a whole number. You need a number that contains the factors 12, 15, 18, and is also a perfect square of a whole number. That would be 900, which is a multiple of the three factors and is the square of 30.
The LCM (least common multiple) is an important number/concept. It is easily found by finding the union of the sets of the prime factors of the numbers. 12 {2, 2, 3} 15 {3, 5} 18 {2, 3, 3} Now find the smallest (least) superset that contains all three of these sets. It is {2, 2, 3, 3, 5} So, the LCM = 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5 = 180 p.s., I don't know what Square Root has to do with this.
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