LCM( 5, 15 ) = 15
The formula for finding LCM is
$$ \text{LCM} (a, b) = \frac{ a \cdot b }{ \text{GCD}(a,b)} $$In this example we have: a = 5, b = 15 and GCD(5, 15) = 5.
$$ \text{LCM} (5, 15) = \frac{ 5 \cdot 15 }{ \text{GCD}(5,15)} = \frac{ 75 }{ 5 } = 15 $$