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Three bells ring at intervals of `4, 7 and 14` minutes. All three range at `6` am. When will they ring together again ?

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To find out when the three bells will ring together again after ringing at 6 AM, we need to determine the least common multiple (LCM) of their ringing intervals, which are 4, 7, and 14 minutes. ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identify the intervals**: The bells ring at intervals of 4 minutes, 7 minutes, and 14 minutes. 2. **Find the LCM of the intervals**: - First, we can find the prime factorization of each interval: ...
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