True or false. if two numbers are relatively prime, both numbers are prime. give an! : (

Step-by-step explanation:

"Relatively prime" simply means the numbers have no common factors. That does not mean that the numbers do not have more than one factor.

  8 = 2·2·2

  9 = 3·3

have no common factors, so are relatively prime. Neither is a prime number, as each has multiple prime factors.

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The factors need not be repeated. The following numbers are all relatively prime:

  4 = 2·2

  5 = (prime)

  21 = 3·7

  143 = 11·13

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