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Least Common Multiple Function
Math Arithmetic Class

Public Function LeastCommonMultiple( _
      ByVal vX As Variant _
    , ByVal vY As Variant _
    ) As Variant

Return the smallest number which is divisible by both arguments vX and vY.
Also known as LCM.

Examples: 
    LeastCommonMultiple(34, 12) = 204
    LeastCommonMultiple(45, 67) = 3015
    LeastCommonMultiple(34, 4192) = 71264
    LeastCommonMultiple(12, 65) = 780
    LeastCommonMultiple(12, 64) = 192
    LeastCommonMultiple(123456789012345#, 12345678901234#) = 1.52415787532381E+27
See also: 
    GreatestCommonDivisor Function
    IsPrime Function
vX: First of two numbers whose least common multiple is to be calculated. Function returns Null if vX is Null or cannot be fixed up to a number.

vY: Second of two numbers whose smallest common multiple is to be calculated. Function returns Null if vX is Null or cannot be fixed up to a number.

Definition: 

    Abs(X * Y) / GreatestCommonDivisor(X, Y)

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