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There can be no greatest common denominator.

For supose x is the greatest common denominator.

ie 24 divides x and 36 divides x.

Then 2x is a common denominator and 2x > x so 2x is a greater common denominator than the greatest common denominator. That contradiction implies that there is no greatest common denominator.

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