What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17851 and 17857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17851 and 17857 is 1.

GCF(17851,17857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17851 and 17857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17851 and 17857.

How to find the GCF of 17851 and 17857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17851 and 17857. After we will calculate the factors of 17851 and 17857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17851

Prime factors of 17851 are 17851. Prime factorization of 17851 in exponential form is:

17851 = 17851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17857

Prime factors of 17857 are 7, 2551. Prime factorization of 17857 in exponential form is:

17857 = 7¹ × 2551¹

Step-3: Factors of 17851

List of positive integer factors of 17851 that divides 17851 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17857

List of positive integer factors of 17857 that divides 17851 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2551

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17851 and 17857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17851 and 17857 is 1.

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