What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26909 and 26917?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26909 and 26917 is 1.

GCF(26909,26917) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26909 and 26917, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26909 and 26917.

How to find the GCF of 26909 and 26917?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26909 and 26917. After we will calculate the factors of 26909 and 26917 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26909

Prime factors of 26909 are 71, 379. Prime factorization of 26909 in exponential form is:

26909 = 71¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26917

Prime factors of 26917 are 11, 2447. Prime factorization of 26917 in exponential form is:

26917 = 11¹ × 2447¹

Step-3: Factors of 26909

List of positive integer factors of 26909 that divides 26909 without a remainder.

1, 71, 379

Step-4: Factors of 26917

List of positive integer factors of 26917 that divides 26909 without a remainder.

1, 11, 2447

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26909 and 26917. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26909 and 26917 is 1.

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