SOLUTION: The Greatest Common Factor of two different integers must always be smaller than at least one of those numbers. a. True b. False

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Question 53042: The Greatest Common Factor of two different integers must always be smaller than at least one of those numbers.
a. True
b. False

Answer by BGluvsmath(64)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
True (see below for why)
greatest common factor: the greatest common factor of two numbers, a and b, is the largest number that divides both a and b evenly.

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