What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17196 and 17201?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17196 and 17201 is 1.

GCF(17196,17201) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17196 and 17201, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17196 and 17201.

How to find the GCF of 17196 and 17201?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17196 and 17201. After we will calculate the factors of 17196 and 17201 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17196

Prime factors of 17196 are 2, 3, 1433. Prime factorization of 17196 in exponential form is:

17196 = 2² × 3¹ × 1433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17201

Prime factors of 17201 are 103, 167. Prime factorization of 17201 in exponential form is:

17201 = 103¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 17196

List of positive integer factors of 17196 that divides 17196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1433, 2866, 4299, 5732, 8598

Step-4: Factors of 17201

List of positive integer factors of 17201 that divides 17196 without a remainder.

1, 103, 167

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17196 and 17201. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17196 and 17201 is 1.

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