LCM( 9, 27 ) = 27
The formula for finding LCM is
$$ \text{LCM} (a, b) = \frac{ a \cdot b }{ \text{GCD}(a,b)} $$In this example we have: a = 9, b = 27 and GCD(9, 27) = 9.
$$ \text{LCM} (9, 27) = \frac{ 9 \cdot 27 }{ \text{GCD}(9,27)} = \frac{ 243 }{ 9 } = 27 $$