What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36585 and 36601?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36585 and 36601 is 1.

GCF(36585,36601) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36585 and 36601, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36585 and 36601.

How to find the GCF of 36585 and 36601?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36585 and 36601. After we will calculate the factors of 36585 and 36601 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36585

Prime factors of 36585 are 3, 5, 271. Prime factorization of 36585 in exponential form is:

36585 = 3³ × 5¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36601

Prime factors of 36601 are 17, 2153. Prime factorization of 36601 in exponential form is:

36601 = 17¹ × 2153¹

Step-3: Factors of 36585

List of positive integer factors of 36585 that divides 36585 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 135, 271, 813, 1355, 2439, 4065, 7317, 12195

Step-4: Factors of 36601

List of positive integer factors of 36601 that divides 36585 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2153

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36585 and 36601. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36585 and 36601 is 1.

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