What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17508 and 17521?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17508 and 17521 is 1.

GCF(17508,17521) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17508 and 17521, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17508 and 17521.

How to find the GCF of 17508 and 17521?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17508 and 17521. After we will calculate the factors of 17508 and 17521 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17508

Prime factors of 17508 are 2, 3, 1459. Prime factorization of 17508 in exponential form is:

17508 = 2² × 3¹ × 1459¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17521

Prime factors of 17521 are 7, 2503. Prime factorization of 17521 in exponential form is:

17521 = 7¹ × 2503¹

Step-3: Factors of 17508

List of positive integer factors of 17508 that divides 17508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1459, 2918, 4377, 5836, 8754

Step-4: Factors of 17521

List of positive integer factors of 17521 that divides 17508 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17508 and 17521. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17508 and 17521 is 1.

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