What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17279 and 17294?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17279 and 17294 is 1.

GCF(17279,17294) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17279 and 17294, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17279 and 17294.

How to find the GCF of 17279 and 17294?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17279 and 17294. After we will calculate the factors of 17279 and 17294 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17279

Prime factors of 17279 are 37, 467. Prime factorization of 17279 in exponential form is:

17279 = 37¹ × 467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17294

Prime factors of 17294 are 2, 8647. Prime factorization of 17294 in exponential form is:

17294 = 2¹ × 8647¹

Step-3: Factors of 17279

List of positive integer factors of 17279 that divides 17279 without a remainder.

1, 37, 467

Step-4: Factors of 17294

List of positive integer factors of 17294 that divides 17279 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8647

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17279 and 17294. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17279 and 17294 is 1.

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