What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42007 and 42017?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42007 and 42017 is 1.

GCF(42007,42017) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42007 and 42017, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42007 and 42017.

How to find the GCF of 42007 and 42017?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42007 and 42017. After we will calculate the factors of 42007 and 42017 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42007

Prime factors of 42007 are 7, 17, 353. Prime factorization of 42007 in exponential form is:

42007 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42017

Prime factors of 42017 are 42017. Prime factorization of 42017 in exponential form is:

42017 = 42017¹

Step-3: Factors of 42007

List of positive integer factors of 42007 that divides 42007 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 353, 2471, 6001

Step-4: Factors of 42017

List of positive integer factors of 42017 that divides 42007 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42007 and 42017. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42007 and 42017 is 1.

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