Question

if the product of two positive integers is a prime number what must be the value of the smaller integer

Answer 1

Answer:

The value of the smaller integer should be 1.

Prime numbers=> The numbers which have only two factors ,i.e 1 and the number itself.

In order to get a prime number by multiplying two postive integers, the smaller number should be 1 only.

1 x 2 = 2

1 x 3 = 3

1 x 5 = 5

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