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Define co-primes.

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Two integers a and b are said to be relatively prime or co-prime, if the only positive integer that divides both of them is 1. That is, the only common positive factor of the two numbers is 1 or, their greatest common divisor is 1.
Eg: 3 and 5, 12 and 17, 3 and 10 etc.

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