2003 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 19

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Find the least common multiple of $15, 20, 25$ by turning the numbers into their prime factorization. $15 = 3 * 5, 20 = 2^2 * 5, 25 = 5^2$ Gather all necessary multiples $3, 2^2, 5^2$ when multiplied gets $300$. The multiples of $300 - 300, 600, 900, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2100$

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