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A warehouse manager needs to coordinate the arrival of two different suppliers. Supplier A delivers every 12 days, and Supplier B delivers every 18 days. To find the first day both suppliers will arrive together, the manager uses the prime factor method to find the Least Common Multiple (LCM). Arrange the steps the manager should take to find the LCM of 12 and 18 using prime factors.
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