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Why is the GCF of two prime numbers always one

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A prime number has only two factors (1 and itself). Hence, two prime numbers cannot have any common factor other than 1. Therefore, the greatest common factor of two prime numbers is always 1. For example, the greatest common factor of 5 and 7 is 1.

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