What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71426 and 71431?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71426 and 71431 is 1.

GCF(71426,71431) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71426 and 71431, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71426 and 71431.

How to find the GCF of 71426 and 71431?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71426 and 71431. After we will calculate the factors of 71426 and 71431 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71426

Prime factors of 71426 are 2, 71, 503. Prime factorization of 71426 in exponential form is:

71426 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71431

Prime factors of 71431 are 61, 1171. Prime factorization of 71431 in exponential form is:

71431 = 61¹ × 1171¹

Step-3: Factors of 71426

List of positive integer factors of 71426 that divides 71426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 503, 1006, 35713

Step-4: Factors of 71431

List of positive integer factors of 71431 that divides 71426 without a remainder.

1, 61, 1171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71426 and 71431. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71426 and 71431 is 1.

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