What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17301 and 17307?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17301 and 17307 is 3.

GCF(17301,17307) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17301 and 17307, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17301 and 17307.

How to find the GCF of 17301 and 17307?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17301 and 17307. After we will calculate the factors of 17301 and 17307 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17301

Prime factors of 17301 are 3, 73, 79. Prime factorization of 17301 in exponential form is:

17301 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17307

Prime factors of 17307 are 3, 641. Prime factorization of 17307 in exponential form is:

17307 = 3³ × 641¹

Step-3: Factors of 17301

List of positive integer factors of 17301 that divides 17301 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 79, 219, 237, 5767

Step-4: Factors of 17307

List of positive integer factors of 17307 that divides 17301 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 641, 1923, 5769

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17301 and 17307. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17301 and 17307 is 3.

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