What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17917 and 17929?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17917 and 17929 is 1.

GCF(17917,17929) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17917 and 17929, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17917 and 17929.

How to find the GCF of 17917 and 17929?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17917 and 17929. After we will calculate the factors of 17917 and 17929 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17917

Prime factors of 17917 are 19, 23, 41. Prime factorization of 17917 in exponential form is:

17917 = 19¹ × 23¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17929

Prime factors of 17929 are 17929. Prime factorization of 17929 in exponential form is:

17929 = 17929¹

Step-3: Factors of 17917

List of positive integer factors of 17917 that divides 17917 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23, 41, 437, 779, 943

Step-4: Factors of 17929

List of positive integer factors of 17929 that divides 17917 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17917 and 17929. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17917 and 17929 is 1.

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