What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48597 and 48602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48597 and 48602 is 1.

GCF(48597,48602) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48597 and 48602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48597 and 48602.

How to find the GCF of 48597 and 48602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48597 and 48602. After we will calculate the factors of 48597 and 48602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48597

Prime factors of 48597 are 3, 97, 167. Prime factorization of 48597 in exponential form is:

48597 = 3¹ × 97¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48602

Prime factors of 48602 are 2, 19, 1279. Prime factorization of 48602 in exponential form is:

48602 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1279¹

Step-3: Factors of 48597

List of positive integer factors of 48597 that divides 48597 without a remainder.

1, 3, 97, 167, 291, 501, 16199

Step-4: Factors of 48602

List of positive integer factors of 48602 that divides 48597 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1279, 2558, 24301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48597 and 48602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48597 and 48602 is 1.

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