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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17950 and 17957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17950 and 17957 is 1.

GCF(17950,17957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17950 and 17957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17950 and 17957.

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How to find the GCF of 17950 and 17957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17950 and 17957. After we will calculate the factors of 17950 and 17957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17950

Prime factors of 17950 are 2, 5, 359. Prime factorization of 17950 in exponential form is:

17950 = 21 × 52 × 3591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17957

Prime factors of 17957 are 17957. Prime factorization of 17957 in exponential form is:

17957 = 179571

Step-3: Factors of 17950

List of positive integer factors of 17950 that divides 17950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 359, 718, 1795, 3590, 8975

Step-4: Factors of 17957

List of positive integer factors of 17957 that divides 17950 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17950 and 17957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17950 and 17957 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17950 and 17957