What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17042 and 17055?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17042 and 17055 is 1.

GCF(17042,17055) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17042 and 17055, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17042 and 17055.

How to find the GCF of 17042 and 17055?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17042 and 17055. After we will calculate the factors of 17042 and 17055 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 17055

Prime factors of 17055 are 3, 5, 379. Prime factorization of 17055 in exponential form is:

17055 = 3² × 5¹ × 379¹

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 17055

List of positive integer factors of 17055 that divides 17042 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 379, 1137, 1895, 3411, 5685

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17042 and 17055. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17042 and 17055 is 1.

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