What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50001 and 50017?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50001 and 50017 is 1.

GCF(50001,50017) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50001 and 50017, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50001 and 50017.

How to find the GCF of 50001 and 50017?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50001 and 50017. After we will calculate the factors of 50001 and 50017 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50001

Prime factors of 50001 are 3, 7, 2381. Prime factorization of 50001 in exponential form is:

50001 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2381¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50017

Prime factors of 50017 are 11, 4547. Prime factorization of 50017 in exponential form is:

50017 = 11¹ × 4547¹

Step-3: Factors of 50001

List of positive integer factors of 50001 that divides 50001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2381, 7143, 16667

Step-4: Factors of 50017

List of positive integer factors of 50017 that divides 50001 without a remainder.

1, 11, 4547

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50001 and 50017. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50001 and 50017 is 1.

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