What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17242 and 17246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17242 and 17246 is 2.

GCF(17242,17246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17242 and 17246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17242 and 17246.

How to find the GCF of 17242 and 17246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17242 and 17246. After we will calculate the factors of 17242 and 17246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17242

Prime factors of 17242 are 2, 37, 233. Prime factorization of 17242 in exponential form is:

17242 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17246

Prime factors of 17246 are 2, 8623. Prime factorization of 17246 in exponential form is:

17246 = 2¹ × 8623¹

Step-3: Factors of 17242

List of positive integer factors of 17242 that divides 17242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 233, 466, 8621

Step-4: Factors of 17246

List of positive integer factors of 17246 that divides 17242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17242 and 17246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17242 and 17246 is 2.

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