What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17447 and 17462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17447 and 17462 is 1.

GCF(17447,17462) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17447 and 17462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17447 and 17462.

How to find the GCF of 17447 and 17462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17447 and 17462. After we will calculate the factors of 17447 and 17462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17447

Prime factors of 17447 are 73, 239. Prime factorization of 17447 in exponential form is:

17447 = 73¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17462

Prime factors of 17462 are 2, 8731. Prime factorization of 17462 in exponential form is:

17462 = 2¹ × 8731¹

Step-3: Factors of 17447

List of positive integer factors of 17447 that divides 17447 without a remainder.

1, 73, 239

Step-4: Factors of 17462

List of positive integer factors of 17462 that divides 17447 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17447 and 17462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17447 and 17462 is 1.

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