The LCM of two numbers is 51. Both numbers are greater than 1 and both numbers are prime. What are the two numbers?

well, since 51 only has two factors, it should be clear. what do you think?

Never did prime numbers before today. 51times 1 is the only 2 numbers. confused

Sam, I will give you a hint of what Steve is talking about.

Suppose you had to add
1/3 + 1/17

thank you. don't know how i missed 17.3

To find the two prime numbers whose least common multiple (LCM) is 51, we need to consider the prime factors of 51.

Step 1: Prime factorize 51
Prime factorize 51 by dividing it by prime numbers until there are no more prime factors left.

51 ÷ 3 = 17

So the prime factorization of 51 is 3 × 17.

Step 2: Identify the two numbers
Now, we need to identify two prime numbers that, when multiplied together, give us the LCM of 51. To do this, we need to distribute the prime factors of 51 across two numbers.

Let's label the two numbers as A and B.

Number A will contain the prime factor 3, and Number B will contain the prime factor 17.

Hence, the two prime numbers are 3 and 17.