What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23171 and 23179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23171 and 23179 is 1.

GCF(23171,23179) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23171 and 23179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23171 and 23179.

How to find the GCF of 23171 and 23179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23171 and 23179. After we will calculate the factors of 23171 and 23179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23171

Prime factors of 23171 are 17, 29, 47. Prime factorization of 23171 in exponential form is:

23171 = 17¹ × 29¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23179

Prime factors of 23179 are 13, 1783. Prime factorization of 23179 in exponential form is:

23179 = 13¹ × 1783¹

Step-3: Factors of 23171

List of positive integer factors of 23171 that divides 23171 without a remainder.

1, 17, 29, 47, 493, 799, 1363

Step-4: Factors of 23179

List of positive integer factors of 23179 that divides 23171 without a remainder.

1, 13, 1783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23171 and 23179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23171 and 23179 is 1.

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