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Added the fifth problem from project Euler
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Project Euler/Problem 5/problem5_sol1.rb
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# 2520 is the smallest number that can be divided
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# by each of the numbers from 1 to 10 without any remainder.
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# What is the smallest positive number that is evenly
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# divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 20?
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# Euclid's algorithm for the greatest common divisor
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def gcd(a, b)
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b.zero? ? a : gcd(b, a % b)
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end
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# Calculate the LCM using GCD
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def lcm(a, b)
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(a * b) / gcd(a, b)
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end
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result = 1
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20.times do |i|
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result = lcm(result, i + 1)
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end
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p result
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