What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28531 and 28543?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28531 and 28543 is 1.

GCF(28531,28543) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28531 and 28543, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28531 and 28543.

How to find the GCF of 28531 and 28543?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28531 and 28543. After we will calculate the factors of 28531 and 28543 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28531

Prime factors of 28531 are 103, 277. Prime factorization of 28531 in exponential form is:

28531 = 103¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28543

Prime factors of 28543 are 17, 23, 73. Prime factorization of 28543 in exponential form is:

28543 = 17¹ × 23¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 28531

List of positive integer factors of 28531 that divides 28531 without a remainder.

1, 103, 277

Step-4: Factors of 28543

List of positive integer factors of 28543 that divides 28531 without a remainder.

1, 17, 23, 73, 391, 1241, 1679

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28531 and 28543. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28531 and 28543 is 1.

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