What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11679 and 11693?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11679 and 11693 is 1.

GCF(11679,11693) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11679 and 11693, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11679 and 11693.

How to find the GCF of 11679 and 11693?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11679 and 11693. After we will calculate the factors of 11679 and 11693 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11679

Prime factors of 11679 are 3, 17, 229. Prime factorization of 11679 in exponential form is:

11679 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11693

Prime factors of 11693 are 11, 1063. Prime factorization of 11693 in exponential form is:

11693 = 11¹ × 1063¹

Step-3: Factors of 11679

List of positive integer factors of 11679 that divides 11679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 229, 687, 3893

Step-4: Factors of 11693

List of positive integer factors of 11693 that divides 11679 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1063

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11679 and 11693. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11679 and 11693 is 1.

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