What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45971 and 45977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45971 and 45977 is 1.

GCF(45971,45977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45971 and 45977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45971 and 45977.

How to find the GCF of 45971 and 45977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45971 and 45977. After we will calculate the factors of 45971 and 45977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45971

Prime factors of 45971 are 45971. Prime factorization of 45971 in exponential form is:

45971 = 45971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45977

Prime factors of 45977 are 23, 1999. Prime factorization of 45977 in exponential form is:

45977 = 23¹ × 1999¹

Step-3: Factors of 45971

List of positive integer factors of 45971 that divides 45971 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 45977

List of positive integer factors of 45977 that divides 45971 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45971 and 45977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45971 and 45977 is 1.

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