Answer: 14
Step-by-step explanation:
The greatest common multiple of 2 and 7 is 1, because they are both prime numbers (numbers that cannot be divided by anything other than one or themselves).
Why bother with the greatest common multiple?
There's a very sneaky formula you can do to calculate the LCM with this.
[tex]lcm(a, b) = \frac{|a * b|}{gcd(a, b)}[/tex]
where lcm(a, b) = the least common multiple of integers a and b (1)
a = integer a (2)
b = integer b (7)
gcd(a, b) = greatest common divisor of integers a and b
So let's use it, we have all the available numbers.
[tex]lcm(a, b) = \frac{|2 * 7|}{1} = 14[/tex]
