What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17134 and 17146?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17134 and 17146 is 2.

GCF(17134,17146) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17134 and 17146, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17134 and 17146.

How to find the GCF of 17134 and 17146?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17134 and 17146. After we will calculate the factors of 17134 and 17146 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17134

Prime factors of 17134 are 2, 13, 659. Prime factorization of 17134 in exponential form is:

17134 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17146

Prime factors of 17146 are 2, 8573. Prime factorization of 17146 in exponential form is:

17146 = 2¹ × 8573¹

Step-3: Factors of 17134

List of positive integer factors of 17134 that divides 17134 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 659, 1318, 8567

Step-4: Factors of 17146

List of positive integer factors of 17146 that divides 17134 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8573

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17134 and 17146. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17134 and 17146 is 2.

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