What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17478 and 17489?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17478 and 17489 is 1.

GCF(17478,17489) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17478 and 17489, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17478 and 17489.

How to find the GCF of 17478 and 17489?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17478 and 17489. After we will calculate the factors of 17478 and 17489 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17478

Prime factors of 17478 are 2, 3, 971. Prime factorization of 17478 in exponential form is:

17478 = 2¹ × 3² × 971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17489

Prime factors of 17489 are 17489. Prime factorization of 17489 in exponential form is:

17489 = 17489¹

Step-3: Factors of 17478

List of positive integer factors of 17478 that divides 17478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 971, 1942, 2913, 5826, 8739

Step-4: Factors of 17489

List of positive integer factors of 17489 that divides 17478 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17478 and 17489. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17478 and 17489 is 1.

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