Exam 212-81 Topic 9 Question 4 Discussion
Actual exam question for EC-COUNCIL's 212-81 exam
Question #: 4
Topic #: 9
Question #: 4
Topic #: 9
Numbers that have no factors in common with another.
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Correct answers: Co-prime numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprime_integers
Two integers a and b are said to be relatively prime, mutually prime, or coprime if the only positive integer (factor) that evenly divides both of them is 1. Consequently, any prime number that divides one of a or b does not divide the other. This is equivalent to their greatest common divisor (gcd) being 1.
The numerator and denominator of a reduced fraction are coprime. The numbers 14 and 25 are coprime, since 1 is their only common divisor. On the other hand, 14 and 21 are not coprime, because they are both divisible by 7.
Incorrect answers:
Even Numbers - A formal definition of an even number is that it is an integer of the form n = 2k, where k is an integer; it can then be shown that an odd number is an integer of the form n = 2k + 1 (or alternately, 2k - 1). It is important to realize that the above definition of parity applies only to integer numbers, hence it cannot be applied to numbers like 1/2 or 4.201. See the section "Higher mathematics" below for some extensions of the notion of parity to a larger class of "numbers" or in other more general settings.
Fibonacci Numbers - commonly denoted F_n, form a sequence, called the Fibonacci sequence, such that each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, starting from 0 and 1.
Mersenne Primes - is a prime number that is one less than a power of two. That is, it is a prime number of the form M_n = 2^n - 1 for some integer n. They are named after Marin Mersenne, a French Minim friar, who studied them in the early 17th century. If n is a composite number then so is 2^n - 1. Therefore, an equivalent definition of the Mersenne primes is that they are the prime numbers of the form M_p = 2^p - 1 for some prime p.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprime_integers
Two integers a and b are said to be relatively prime, mutually prime, or coprime if the only positive integer (factor) that evenly divides both of them is 1. Consequently, any prime number that divides one of a or b does not divide the other. This is equivalent to their greatest common divisor (gcd) being 1.
The numerator and denominator of a reduced fraction are coprime. The numbers 14 and 25 are coprime, since 1 is their only common divisor. On the other hand, 14 and 21 are not coprime, because they are both divisible by 7.
Incorrect answers:
Even Numbers - A formal definition of an even number is that it is an integer of the form n = 2k, where k is an integer; it can then be shown that an odd number is an integer of the form n = 2k + 1 (or alternately, 2k - 1). It is important to realize that the above definition of parity applies only to integer numbers, hence it cannot be applied to numbers like 1/2 or 4.201. See the section "Higher mathematics" below for some extensions of the notion of parity to a larger class of "numbers" or in other more general settings.
Fibonacci Numbers - commonly denoted F_n, form a sequence, called the Fibonacci sequence, such that each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, starting from 0 and 1.
Mersenne Primes - is a prime number that is one less than a power of two. That is, it is a prime number of the form M_n = 2^n - 1 for some integer n. They are named after Marin Mersenne, a French Minim friar, who studied them in the early 17th century. If n is a composite number then so is 2^n - 1. Therefore, an equivalent definition of the Mersenne primes is that they are the prime numbers of the form M_p = 2^p - 1 for some prime p.
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