How to find the lcm of negative and? Will the answer be in positive or will it be in negative?

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It is defined that: the least common multiple of two integers a and b, usually denoted by LCM(a, b), is the smallest POSITIVE integer that is divisible by both a and b. So the result must always be positive.
So we must ignore the negative signs while finding LCM.

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How to find the lcm of negative and? Will the answer be in positive or will it be in negative?

It is defined that: the least common multiple of two integers a and b, usually denoted by LCM(a, b), is the smallest POSITIVE integer that is divisible by both a and b. So the result must always be positive. So we must ignore the negative signs while finding LCM.

It is defined that: the least common multiple of two integers a and b, usually denoted by LCM(a, b), is the smallest POSITIVE integer that is divisible by both a and b. So the result must always be positive.
So we must ignore the negative signs while finding LCM.