What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36589 and 36602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36589 and 36602 is 1.

GCF(36589,36602) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36589 and 36602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36589 and 36602.

How to find the GCF of 36589 and 36602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36589 and 36602. After we will calculate the factors of 36589 and 36602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36589

Prime factors of 36589 are 7, 5227. Prime factorization of 36589 in exponential form is:

36589 = 7¹ × 5227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36602

Prime factors of 36602 are 2, 18301. Prime factorization of 36602 in exponential form is:

36602 = 2¹ × 18301¹

Step-3: Factors of 36589

List of positive integer factors of 36589 that divides 36589 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5227

Step-4: Factors of 36602

List of positive integer factors of 36602 that divides 36589 without a remainder.

1, 2, 18301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36589 and 36602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36589 and 36602 is 1.

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