Applying the Columns Rule in the Prime Factors Method
An operations manager is training a new scheduling assistant on how to synchronize different maintenance cycles using the Prime Factors Method. The assistant has successfully written each cycle time as a product of prime factors and aligned identical primes vertically in columns. According to the method, what exact actions must the assistant perform next with these columns before performing the final multiplication to obtain the least common multiple (LCM)?
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Applying the Columns Rule in the Prime Factors Method