What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71421 and 71429?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71421 and 71429 is 1.

GCF(71421,71429) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71421 and 71429, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71421 and 71429.

How to find the GCF of 71421 and 71429?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71421 and 71429. After we will calculate the factors of 71421 and 71429 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71421

Prime factors of 71421 are 3, 7, 19, 179. Prime factorization of 71421 in exponential form is:

71421 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 19¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71429

Prime factors of 71429 are 71429. Prime factorization of 71429 in exponential form is:

71429 = 71429¹

Step-3: Factors of 71421

List of positive integer factors of 71421 that divides 71421 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 19, 21, 57, 133, 179, 399, 537, 1253, 3401, 3759, 10203, 23807

Step-4: Factors of 71429

List of positive integer factors of 71429 that divides 71421 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71421 and 71429. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71421 and 71429 is 1.

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