Given 18=2×3218 = 2 \times 3^218=2×32 and 24=23×324 = 2^3 \times 324=23×3, what is lcm(18,24)\text{lcm}(18, 24)lcm(18,24)?
2×3=62 \times 3 = 62×3=6
2×32=182 \times 3^2 = 182×32=18
23×32=722^3 \times 3^2 = 7223×32=72
23×3=242^3 \times 3 = 2423×3=24