how do you show that 2 consecutive integers are coprime? i know we need to show that gcd is 1 where they have opp parity
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Let your numbers be a and a+1 and their gcd be d. and
To show that two integers are coprime, it is sufficient to find integers such that (because any common divisor of must divide for all integers In the case you have hence
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 \Rightarrow d | 1 \Rightarrow d=1)
