Suppose a and b are positive integers such that the units digit of a is 2, the units digit of b is 4, and the greatest common divisor of a and b is 8. What is the smallest possible value of the least common multiple of a and b?
+9519 Note that \(\operatorname{lcm}(a, b) = \dfrac{ab}{\gcd(a, b)}\), so if we want the smallest value of lcm, we want to minimize the product a * b.
That means a and b must be as small as possible.
The smallest number with unit digit 2 and divisible by 8 is 32.
The smallest number with unit digit 4 and divisible by 8 is 24.
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