What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17972 and 17979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17972 and 17979 is 1.

GCF(17972,17979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17972 and 17979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17972 and 17979.

How to find the GCF of 17972 and 17979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17972 and 17979. After we will calculate the factors of 17972 and 17979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17972

Prime factors of 17972 are 2, 4493. Prime factorization of 17972 in exponential form is:

17972 = 2² × 4493¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17979

Prime factors of 17979 are 3, 13, 461. Prime factorization of 17979 in exponential form is:

17979 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 461¹

Step-3: Factors of 17972

List of positive integer factors of 17972 that divides 17972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4493, 8986

Step-4: Factors of 17979

List of positive integer factors of 17979 that divides 17972 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 461, 1383, 5993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17972 and 17979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17972 and 17979 is 1.

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