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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17042 and 17050?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17042 and 17050 is 2.

GCF(17042,17050) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17042 and 17050, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17042 and 17050.

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How to find the GCF of 17042 and 17050?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17042 and 17050. After we will calculate the factors of 17042 and 17050 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17042

Prime factors of 17042 are 2, 8521. Prime factorization of 17042 in exponential form is:

17042 = 21 × 85211

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17050

Prime factors of 17050 are 2, 5, 11, 31. Prime factorization of 17050 in exponential form is:

17050 = 21 × 52 × 111 × 311

Step-3: Factors of 17042

List of positive integer factors of 17042 that divides 17042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8521

Step-4: Factors of 17050

List of positive integer factors of 17050 that divides 17042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 25, 31, 50, 55, 62, 110, 155, 275, 310, 341, 550, 682, 775, 1550, 1705, 3410, 8525

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17042 and 17050. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17042 and 17050 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17042 and 17050