What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17242 and 17251?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17242 and 17251 is 1.

GCF(17242,17251) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17242 and 17251, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17242 and 17251.

How to find the GCF of 17242 and 17251?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17242 and 17251. After we will calculate the factors of 17242 and 17251 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 17251

Prime factors of 17251 are 13, 1327. Prime factorization of 17251 in exponential form is:

17251 = 13¹ × 1327¹

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 17251

List of positive integer factors of 17251 that divides 17242 without a remainder.

1, 13, 1327

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17242 and 17251. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17242 and 17251 is 1.

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