What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68971 and 68986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68971 and 68986 is 1.

GCF(68971,68986) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68971 and 68986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68971 and 68986.

How to find the GCF of 68971 and 68986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68971 and 68986. After we will calculate the factors of 68971 and 68986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68971

Prime factors of 68971 are 7, 59, 167. Prime factorization of 68971 in exponential form is:

68971 = 7¹ × 59¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68986

Prime factors of 68986 are 2, 17, 2029. Prime factorization of 68986 in exponential form is:

68986 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 2029¹

Step-3: Factors of 68971

List of positive integer factors of 68971 that divides 68971 without a remainder.

1, 7, 59, 167, 413, 1169, 9853

Step-4: Factors of 68986

List of positive integer factors of 68986 that divides 68971 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 2029, 4058, 34493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68971 and 68986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68971 and 68986 is 1.

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