Method 1:
\List the factors of each number.
\Factors of 77 : 7, 11, 77
\Factors of 51: 3, 17, 51
\Identify the greatest common factor.
\There are no common prime factors.Two numbers always have 1 as a common factor.
\So, the GCF is 1, and the numbers are relatively prime.
Method 2:
\Write the prime factorization of each number.
\77 = 7 × 11.
\51 = 3 × 17.
\There are no common prime factors.Two numbers always have 1 as a common factor.
\So, the GCF is 1, and the numbers are relatively prime.
There are no common prime factors.Two numbers always have 1 as a common factor.So, the GCF is 1, and the numbers are relatively prime.