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#1 2006-12-27 03:56:48
- Kiran
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Relatively prime
are the numbers 153 and 422 " relatively prime"?
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#2 2006-12-27 04:05:37
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Re: Relatively prime
Two numbers are relatively prime if they don't share any common factors (except 1).
153 = 3x3x17.
422 = 2x211.
None of these prime factors are shared, and so 153 and 422 are indeed relatively prime.
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#3 2006-12-27 04:51:49
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Re: Relatively prime
Oh my god i messed up Uffff ALLAh
its 42 not 422
sorry
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#4 2006-12-27 04:56:13
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Re: Relatively prime
they are not relatively prime
42 = 2*2*2*2*3
153 = 3*3*17
they share the common factor 3
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#5 2006-12-27 05:04:14
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Re: Relatively prime
thank you very much
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#6 2006-12-27 05:20:35
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Re: Relatively prime
(i think) 
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#7 2006-12-27 05:44:04
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Re: Relatively prime
Umm, 2*2*2*2*3 ≠ 42.
2*2*2*2*3 = 48.
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#8 2006-12-27 05:46:07
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Re: Relatively prime
2*3*7 = 42.
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#9 2006-12-27 06:59:12
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Re: Relatively prime
oh yeh either way they still share a common factor
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