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Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of the expressions 2x2y, 8xy2, and 16x2y3.

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Step 3: The LCM is then the product of each of these highest powers, i.e., 24x2y3.

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Step 1 :Step 1: First, we factorize each of the expressions into their prime factors. 2x2y=2xxy, 8xy2=222xyy and 16x2y3=2222xxyyy.

Step 2 :Step 2: Next, we identify the highest power of each prime factor in the three expressions. For 2, it is 24. For x, it is x2. For y, it is y3.

Step 3 :Step 3: The LCM is then the product of each of these highest powers, i.e., 24x2y3.

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