What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38551 and 38562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38551 and 38562 is 1.

GCF(38551,38562) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38551 and 38562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38551 and 38562.

How to find the GCF of 38551 and 38562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38551 and 38562. After we will calculate the factors of 38551 and 38562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38551

Prime factors of 38551 are 19, 2029. Prime factorization of 38551 in exponential form is:

38551 = 19¹ × 2029¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38562

Prime factors of 38562 are 2, 3, 6427. Prime factorization of 38562 in exponential form is:

38562 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6427¹

Step-3: Factors of 38551

List of positive integer factors of 38551 that divides 38551 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2029

Step-4: Factors of 38562

List of positive integer factors of 38562 that divides 38551 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6427, 12854, 19281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38551 and 38562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38551 and 38562 is 1.

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