What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17072 and 17083?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17072 and 17083 is 11.

GCF(17072,17083) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17072 and 17083, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17072 and 17083.

How to find the GCF of 17072 and 17083?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17072 and 17083. After we will calculate the factors of 17072 and 17083 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17072

Prime factors of 17072 are 2, 11, 97. Prime factorization of 17072 in exponential form is:

17072 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17083

Prime factors of 17083 are 11, 1553. Prime factorization of 17083 in exponential form is:

17083 = 11¹ × 1553¹

Step-3: Factors of 17072

List of positive integer factors of 17072 that divides 17072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 97, 176, 194, 388, 776, 1067, 1552, 2134, 4268, 8536

Step-4: Factors of 17083

List of positive integer factors of 17083 that divides 17072 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1553

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17072 and 17083. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17072 and 17083 is 11.

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