What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42065 and 42071?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42065 and 42071 is 1.

GCF(42065,42071) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42065 and 42071, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42065 and 42071.

How to find the GCF of 42065 and 42071?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42065 and 42071. After we will calculate the factors of 42065 and 42071 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42065

Prime factors of 42065 are 5, 47, 179. Prime factorization of 42065 in exponential form is:

42065 = 5¹ × 47¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42071

Prime factors of 42071 are 42071. Prime factorization of 42071 in exponential form is:

42071 = 42071¹

Step-3: Factors of 42065

List of positive integer factors of 42065 that divides 42065 without a remainder.

1, 5, 47, 179, 235, 895, 8413

Step-4: Factors of 42071

List of positive integer factors of 42071 that divides 42065 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42065 and 42071. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42065 and 42071 is 1.

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