The only common factor between these two numbers will be 1.
How many factors do these numbers share?
Remember that any number can be decomposed as a product of prime numbers. For example for 18 we have:
18 = 2*3*3
There 18 is written as a product of its prime factors.
Now, for our case of p^n and q^m we will have:
p^n = P = p*p*p...*p n times.
q^m = Q = q*q*q*...*q m times.
Now, notice that because q and p are primes, there is no common factor in these two decompositions. (and we can't decompose it furthermore). Then we conclude that the only factor that these numbers share is the trivial one, which is 1.
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