What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17401 and 17421?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17401 and 17421 is 1.

GCF(17401,17421) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17401 and 17421, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17401 and 17421.

How to find the GCF of 17401 and 17421?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17401 and 17421. After we will calculate the factors of 17401 and 17421 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17401

Prime factors of 17401 are 17401. Prime factorization of 17401 in exponential form is:

17401 = 17401¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17421

Prime factors of 17421 are 3, 5807. Prime factorization of 17421 in exponential form is:

17421 = 3¹ × 5807¹

Step-3: Factors of 17401

List of positive integer factors of 17401 that divides 17401 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17421

List of positive integer factors of 17421 that divides 17401 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5807

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17401 and 17421. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17401 and 17421 is 1.

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