What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48237 and 48241?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48237 and 48241 is 1.

GCF(48237,48241) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48237 and 48241, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48237 and 48241.

How to find the GCF of 48237 and 48241?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48237 and 48241. After we will calculate the factors of 48237 and 48241 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48237

Prime factors of 48237 are 3, 7, 2297. Prime factorization of 48237 in exponential form is:

48237 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2297¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48241

Prime factors of 48241 are 19, 2539. Prime factorization of 48241 in exponential form is:

48241 = 19¹ × 2539¹

Step-3: Factors of 48237

List of positive integer factors of 48237 that divides 48237 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2297, 6891, 16079

Step-4: Factors of 48241

List of positive integer factors of 48241 that divides 48237 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2539

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48237 and 48241. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48237 and 48241 is 1.

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