What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41701 and 41721?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41701 and 41721 is 1.

GCF(41701,41721) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41701 and 41721, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41701 and 41721.

How to find the GCF of 41701 and 41721?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41701 and 41721. After we will calculate the factors of 41701 and 41721 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41701

Prime factors of 41701 are 11, 17, 223. Prime factorization of 41701 in exponential form is:

41701 = 11¹ × 17¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41721

Prime factors of 41721 are 3, 13907. Prime factorization of 41721 in exponential form is:

41721 = 3¹ × 13907¹

Step-3: Factors of 41701

List of positive integer factors of 41701 that divides 41701 without a remainder.

1, 11, 17, 187, 223, 2453, 3791

Step-4: Factors of 41721

List of positive integer factors of 41721 that divides 41701 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13907

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41701 and 41721. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41701 and 41721 is 1.

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