What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38012 and 38017?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38012 and 38017 is 1.

GCF(38012,38017) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38012 and 38017, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38012 and 38017.

How to find the GCF of 38012 and 38017?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38012 and 38017. After we will calculate the factors of 38012 and 38017 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38012

Prime factors of 38012 are 2, 13, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 38012 in exponential form is:

38012 = 2² × 13¹ × 17¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38017

Prime factors of 38017 are 7, 5431. Prime factorization of 38017 in exponential form is:

38017 = 7¹ × 5431¹

Step-3: Factors of 38012

List of positive integer factors of 38012 that divides 38012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 17, 26, 34, 43, 52, 68, 86, 172, 221, 442, 559, 731, 884, 1118, 1462, 2236, 2924, 9503, 19006

Step-4: Factors of 38017

List of positive integer factors of 38017 that divides 38012 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38012 and 38017. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38012 and 38017 is 1.

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