Proposition: 7.26: Product of Co-prime Pairs is Co-prime
(Proposition 26 from Book 7 of Euclid's “Elements”)
If two numbers are both prime to each of two numbers then the (numbers) created from (multiplying) them will also be prime to one another.
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Modern Formulation
Let $A$ and $C,$ $B$ and $C,$ $A$ and $D,$ $B$ and $D$ be co-prime. Then $AB$ is co-prime to $CD.$
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