What is a distinct prime?
By Sarah Rodriguez •
I need to know what a distinct prime is, and what happens when you multiply two of them. How can I figure this out?
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$\begingroup$A pair of distinct prime numbers are primes $p, q$ such that $p \neq q$.
Multiplying two distinct prime numbers $pq$ together gives a composite number whose prime factorization consists only of two primes. This composite number is divisible by $1, p, q, \text{and } pq$.
Nothing particularly fancy about them.
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