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Three rotating gears

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Three gears A, B, and C rotate with each other. There are 24 cogs on gear A, 36 cogs on gear B, and 300 cogs on gear C. What is the minimum number of times gear B needs to rotate before the cogs on all gears are back in their initial configuration?

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