What is co prime numbers?

2 Answers
Mar 22, 2018

co-prime numbers are numbers which have no positive factors in common other than #1#

Explanation:

co-prime numbers are also sometimes called relatively prime.

As an example:
#12# has positive factors: #1, 2, 3, 4, and 6#
and
#35# has positive factors: #1, 5, and 7#

Since the only positive factor #12# and #35# share is #1#,
they are co-prime.

Mar 23, 2018

As described below.

Explanation:

In number theory, two integers a and b are said to be relatively prime, mutually prime, or coprime (also written co-prime) if the only positive integer (factor) that divides both of them is 1.

This is equivalent to their greatest common divisor (gcd) being 1.

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