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analysing data,we can see that a b and c are multiples of 5 and 2 only
also since LCM of a and b has 2 power 3, none of a and b can have term 2^4
since ac and bc LCMs have 2^4 term, c MUST have 2^4 term
so for shuffling powers of 2 between a and b
we have a=3,b=0,1,2,3 or vice versa
hence 2*4 sets=8 possiblities
now for power 5...
we can see that to maintain an LCM of 5^3 for all three cases,
we need to keep atleast 2 terms with power 5^3
other can take powers 0,1 or 2
so for shuffling pors of 5 we have 3*3=9 sets
 
so number of possibilities is
8*9=72
 

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