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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17672 and 17684?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17672 and 17684 is 4.

GCF(17672,17684) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17672 and 17684, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17672 and 17684.

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How to find the GCF of 17672 and 17684?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17672 and 17684. After we will calculate the factors of 17672 and 17684 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17672

Prime factors of 17672 are 2, 47. Prime factorization of 17672 in exponential form is:

17672 = 23 × 472

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17684

Prime factors of 17684 are 2, 4421. Prime factorization of 17684 in exponential form is:

17684 = 22 × 44211

Step-3: Factors of 17672

List of positive integer factors of 17672 that divides 17672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 47, 94, 188, 376, 2209, 4418, 8836

Step-4: Factors of 17684

List of positive integer factors of 17684 that divides 17672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4421, 8842

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17672 and 17684. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17672 and 17684 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17672 and 17684