Guna says, “Any two prime numbers are co-prime?”. Is he right? - Uses of Prime Factorisation

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Question 4 - Page 122 Guna says, “Any two prime numbers are co-prime?”. Is he right?Yes, Guna is right, with the understanding that he means any two different prime numbers. A prime number's only factors are 1 and itself. Therefore, two different prime numbers will only have 1 as a common factor, which is the definition of being co-prime.

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