What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17042 and 17062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17042 and 17062 is 2.

GCF(17042,17062) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17042 and 17062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17042 and 17062.

How to find the GCF of 17042 and 17062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17042 and 17062. After we will calculate the factors of 17042 and 17062 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 17062

Prime factors of 17062 are 2, 19, 449. Prime factorization of 17062 in exponential form is:

17062 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 449¹

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 17062

List of positive integer factors of 17062 that divides 17042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 449, 898, 8531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17042 and 17062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17042 and 17062 is 2.

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