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Challenge 188: Co-prime Choices

Can you find the probabilities of these factors being co-prime?

If I pick at random one factor of 72 and then pick at random a factor of 180, what is the probability that the two factors I have picked will be co-prime?

What is the probability if instead I pick at random one factor of 4200 and then pick at random a factor of 11,088?

(Two integers are described as co-prime if their highest common factor is one.)