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Challenge 1: Find the Greatest Common Divisor

Explore how to solve the challenge of finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers using recursive techniques in JavaScript. Understand the problem, implement the solution, and strengthen your recursion skills for coding interviews.

Problem Statement

Implement a function that takes two numbers, testVariable1 and testVariable2 and returns their greatest common divisor.

What is the Greatest Common Divisor?

The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more integers is the largest positive integer that divides each of the integers.

For example, take two numbers 4242 and 5656.

4242 can be completely divided by 11 ...