Eric Nicholas K's answer to Darren's Secondary 4 A Maths Singapore question.

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Eric Nicholas K
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Because x is a very big number, it is easy to find out what x is. Remember that if the LCM of x and 360 is 1080, then both x and 360 must be factors of 1080.

Had x been some other smaller number, you would have to extract out the relevant prime factors and inspect the prime factors for x.