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Standard Operating Procedure: Listing Multiples

In a logistics environment, a coordinator needs to find the first time two different delivery cycles—one occurring every 5 days and the other every 8 days—will overlap. Describe the three-step 'listing multiples' method the coordinator would use to determine this Least Common Multiple (LCM).

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