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HCF of two consecutive odd number is ______.

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The set of natural numbers is (N)={1.2,3,4,5,........}.
Among these natural numbers 1,3,5,7,9,....... are odd consecutive ones.
It is evident that there is no common factor (except 1) between two consecutive odd natural number.
So HCF of two consecutive odd natural numbers is 1.

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