What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17478 and 17491?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17478 and 17491 is 1.

GCF(17478,17491) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17478 and 17491, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17478 and 17491.

How to find the GCF of 17478 and 17491?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17478 and 17491. After we will calculate the factors of 17478 and 17491 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 17491

Prime factors of 17491 are 17491. Prime factorization of 17491 in exponential form is:

17491 = 17491¹

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 17491

List of positive integer factors of 17491 that divides 17478 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17478 and 17491. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17478 and 17491 is 1.

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