What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28587 and 28601?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28587 and 28601 is 1.

GCF(28587,28601) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28587 and 28601, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28587 and 28601.

How to find the GCF of 28587 and 28601?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28587 and 28601. After we will calculate the factors of 28587 and 28601 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28587

Prime factors of 28587 are 3, 13, 733. Prime factorization of 28587 in exponential form is:

28587 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 733¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28601

Prime factors of 28601 are 37, 773. Prime factorization of 28601 in exponential form is:

28601 = 37¹ × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 28587

List of positive integer factors of 28587 that divides 28587 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 733, 2199, 9529

Step-4: Factors of 28601

List of positive integer factors of 28601 that divides 28587 without a remainder.

1, 37, 773

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28587 and 28601. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28587 and 28601 is 1.

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