Tofind:The greatest common factor and identify if the numbers are relatively prime or not.
Answer to Problem 4.9EP
3, the numbers are not relatively prime.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Concept used:
The greatest of all the common factors for any two numbers is known as greatest common factor.
If the greatest common factor for the two numbers is 1 then the numbers are said to be relatively prime.
Calculation:
Let’s factorize the given numbers to see if it is prime or composite-
Factors of 51 are
Factors of 63 are
Therefore, the greatest common factor is 3, the numbers are not relatively prime.
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