What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50872 and 50881?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50872 and 50881 is 1.

GCF(50872,50881) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50872 and 50881, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50872 and 50881.

How to find the GCF of 50872 and 50881?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50872 and 50881. After we will calculate the factors of 50872 and 50881 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50872

Prime factors of 50872 are 2, 6359. Prime factorization of 50872 in exponential form is:

50872 = 2³ × 6359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50881

Prime factors of 50881 are 17, 41, 73. Prime factorization of 50881 in exponential form is:

50881 = 17¹ × 41¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 50872

List of positive integer factors of 50872 that divides 50872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6359, 12718, 25436

Step-4: Factors of 50881

List of positive integer factors of 50881 that divides 50872 without a remainder.

1, 17, 41, 73, 697, 1241, 2993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50872 and 50881. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50872 and 50881 is 1.

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