What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17679 and 17689?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17679 and 17689 is 1.

GCF(17679,17689) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17679 and 17689, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17679 and 17689.

How to find the GCF of 17679 and 17689?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17679 and 17689. After we will calculate the factors of 17679 and 17689 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17679

Prime factors of 17679 are 3, 71, 83. Prime factorization of 17679 in exponential form is:

17679 = 3¹ × 71¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17689

Prime factors of 17689 are 7, 19. Prime factorization of 17689 in exponential form is:

17689 = 7² × 19²

Step-3: Factors of 17679

List of positive integer factors of 17679 that divides 17679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 71, 83, 213, 249, 5893

Step-4: Factors of 17689

List of positive integer factors of 17689 that divides 17679 without a remainder.

1, 7, 19, 49, 133, 361, 931, 2527

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17679 and 17689. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17679 and 17689 is 1.

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