What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42072 and 42089?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42072 and 42089 is 1.

GCF(42072,42089) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42072 and 42089, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42072 and 42089.

How to find the GCF of 42072 and 42089?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42072 and 42089. After we will calculate the factors of 42072 and 42089 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42072

Prime factors of 42072 are 2, 3, 1753. Prime factorization of 42072 in exponential form is:

42072 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42089

Prime factors of 42089 are 42089. Prime factorization of 42089 in exponential form is:

42089 = 42089¹

Step-3: Factors of 42072

List of positive integer factors of 42072 that divides 42072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1753, 3506, 5259, 7012, 10518, 14024, 21036

Step-4: Factors of 42089

List of positive integer factors of 42089 that divides 42072 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42072 and 42089. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42072 and 42089 is 1.

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