What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62901 and 62917?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62901 and 62917 is 1.

GCF(62901,62917) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62901 and 62917, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62901 and 62917.

How to find the GCF of 62901 and 62917?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62901 and 62917. After we will calculate the factors of 62901 and 62917 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62901

Prime factors of 62901 are 3, 29, 241. Prime factorization of 62901 in exponential form is:

62901 = 3² × 29¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62917

Prime factors of 62917 are 17, 3701. Prime factorization of 62917 in exponential form is:

62917 = 17¹ × 3701¹

Step-3: Factors of 62901

List of positive integer factors of 62901 that divides 62901 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 87, 241, 261, 723, 2169, 6989, 20967

Step-4: Factors of 62917

List of positive integer factors of 62917 that divides 62901 without a remainder.

1, 17, 3701

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62901 and 62917. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62901 and 62917 is 1.

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