What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17797 and 17801?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17797 and 17801 is 1.

GCF(17797,17801) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17797 and 17801, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17797 and 17801.

How to find the GCF of 17797 and 17801?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17797 and 17801. After we will calculate the factors of 17797 and 17801 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17797

Prime factors of 17797 are 13, 37. Prime factorization of 17797 in exponential form is:

17797 = 13¹ × 37²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17801

Prime factors of 17801 are 7, 2543. Prime factorization of 17801 in exponential form is:

17801 = 7¹ × 2543¹

Step-3: Factors of 17797

List of positive integer factors of 17797 that divides 17797 without a remainder.

1, 13, 37, 481, 1369

Step-4: Factors of 17801

List of positive integer factors of 17801 that divides 17797 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2543

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17797 and 17801. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17797 and 17801 is 1.

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