What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17343 and 17349?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17343 and 17349 is 3.

GCF(17343,17349) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17343 and 17349, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17343 and 17349.

How to find the GCF of 17343 and 17349?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17343 and 17349. After we will calculate the factors of 17343 and 17349 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17343

Prime factors of 17343 are 3, 41, 47. Prime factorization of 17343 in exponential form is:

17343 = 3² × 41¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17349

Prime factors of 17349 are 3, 5783. Prime factorization of 17349 in exponential form is:

17349 = 3¹ × 5783¹

Step-3: Factors of 17343

List of positive integer factors of 17343 that divides 17343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 41, 47, 123, 141, 369, 423, 1927, 5781

Step-4: Factors of 17349

List of positive integer factors of 17349 that divides 17343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17343 and 17349. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17343 and 17349 is 3.

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