document.write( "Question 1192332: Consider the integers m=2^3*3^2*5^3*7^4*11^2*13^5*17^4 and n=2^5*7^8*19^9.\r
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document.write( "a.  3 is the smaller power of the common prime factor 2.\r\n" );
document.write( "b.  4 is the smaller power of the common prime factor 7.\r\n" );
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document.write( "a.  5 is the larger power of the common prime factor 2.\r\n" );
document.write( "b.  8 is the larger power of the common prime factor 7.\r\n" );
document.write( "c.  all the other factors of both numbers are included.\r\n" );
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document.write( "because a smaller power of a prime is always a factor of a\r\n" );
document.write( "larger power of the same prime.\r\n" );
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