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What is the smallest perfect square which is divisible by both 12 and 5?
Question

What is the smallest perfect square which is divisible by both 12 and 5?

A.

4900

B.

2500

C.

900

D.

3600

Correct option is C

Given:
The number must be divisible by both 12 and 5, and it must be a perfect square.
Formula Used:
A perfect square must have even powers of all its prime factors.
Solution:
Prime factorization of 12 = 222^2​ × 3
Prime factorization of 5 = 5
LCM(12,5)=22×3×5=60.LCM(12, 5) = 2^2 × 3 × 5 = 60.​​
To make the LCM a perfect square, all prime factors must have even powers:
Increase the power of 3 from 1 to 2 and the power of 5 from 1 to 2.
The smallest perfect square divisible by both 12 and 5 is:
22×32×52=4×9×25=9002^2 \times 3^2 \times 5^2 = 4 \times 9 \times 25 = 900​​

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