Applications of LCM
Applications of LCM
Secondary 1
Ashley, Belvin and Colin were each given a piece of string of the same length. Ashley cuts the string into equal length of \(5\) cm, Belvin cuts the string into equal length of \(12\) cm, and Colin cuts the string into equal length of \(14\) cm. There was no remainder for each case. Find the shortest possible length of the piece of string that was given to each of them.
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Answer:\(420\text{ cm}\)
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