What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17917 and 17933?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17917 and 17933 is 1.

GCF(17917,17933) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17917 and 17933, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17917 and 17933.

How to find the GCF of 17917 and 17933?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17917 and 17933. After we will calculate the factors of 17917 and 17933 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 17933

Prime factors of 17933 are 79, 227. Prime factorization of 17933 in exponential form is:

17933 = 79¹ × 227¹

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 17933

List of positive integer factors of 17933 that divides 17917 without a remainder.

1, 79, 227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17917 and 17933. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17917 and 17933 is 1.

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