SOLUTION: Find the greatest common divisor of 23 and 17. Express it in the form 23a+17b.

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Question 891265: Find the greatest common divisor of 23 and 17.
Express it in the form 23a+17b.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The greatest common divisor of 23 and 17 is 1.  
There are many ways to express 1 in the form 23a+17b.
Here is the simplest: 

 23(3)+17(-4) = 69-68 = 1 

Edwin
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