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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17842 and 17855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17842 and 17855 is 1.

GCF(17842,17855) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17842 and 17855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17842 and 17855.

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How to find the GCF of 17842 and 17855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17842 and 17855. After we will calculate the factors of 17842 and 17855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17842

Prime factors of 17842 are 2, 11, 811. Prime factorization of 17842 in exponential form is:

17842 = 21 × 111 × 8111

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17855

Prime factors of 17855 are 5, 3571. Prime factorization of 17855 in exponential form is:

17855 = 51 × 35711

Step-3: Factors of 17842

List of positive integer factors of 17842 that divides 17842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 811, 1622, 8921

Step-4: Factors of 17855

List of positive integer factors of 17855 that divides 17842 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3571

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17842 and 17855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17842 and 17855 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17842 and 17855