What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28849 and 28859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28849 and 28859 is 1.

GCF(28849,28859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28849 and 28859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28849 and 28859.

How to find the GCF of 28849 and 28859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28849 and 28859. After we will calculate the factors of 28849 and 28859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28849

Prime factors of 28849 are 17, 1697. Prime factorization of 28849 in exponential form is:

28849 = 17¹ × 1697¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28859

Prime factors of 28859 are 28859. Prime factorization of 28859 in exponential form is:

28859 = 28859¹

Step-3: Factors of 28849

List of positive integer factors of 28849 that divides 28849 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1697

Step-4: Factors of 28859

List of positive integer factors of 28859 that divides 28849 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28849 and 28859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28849 and 28859 is 1.

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