What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17601 and 17618?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17601 and 17618 is 1.

GCF(17601,17618) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17601 and 17618, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17601 and 17618.

How to find the GCF of 17601 and 17618?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17601 and 17618. After we will calculate the factors of 17601 and 17618 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17601

Prime factors of 17601 are 3, 5867. Prime factorization of 17601 in exponential form is:

17601 = 3¹ × 5867¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17618

Prime factors of 17618 are 2, 23, 383. Prime factorization of 17618 in exponential form is:

17618 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 383¹

Step-3: Factors of 17601

List of positive integer factors of 17601 that divides 17601 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5867

Step-4: Factors of 17618

List of positive integer factors of 17618 that divides 17601 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 383, 766, 8809

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17601 and 17618. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17601 and 17618 is 1.

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