How do you find the Least common multiple of #25x^2, 25y#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-21T15:15:45

This is an algebra question. Should it be placed in Prealgebra?

The only way you can make this work is as follows:

Let #" "25x^2=25yxxk#

Divide both sides by #25#

#x^2=kx#

Let the least common multiple be #m# giving

#mx^2=kmy#

#color(brown)("If this is not the case then there is no common multiple")#