LCM( 9, 9 ) = 9
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 = 9 and GCD(9, 9) = 9.
$$ \text{LCM} (9, 9) = \frac{ 9 \cdot 9 }{ \text{GCD}(9,9)} = \frac{ 81 }{ 9 } = 9 $$