What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71455 and 71462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71455 and 71462 is 1.

GCF(71455,71462) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71455 and 71462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71455 and 71462.

How to find the GCF of 71455 and 71462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71455 and 71462. After we will calculate the factors of 71455 and 71462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71455

Prime factors of 71455 are 5, 31, 461. Prime factorization of 71455 in exponential form is:

71455 = 5¹ × 31¹ × 461¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71462

Prime factors of 71462 are 2, 35731. Prime factorization of 71462 in exponential form is:

71462 = 2¹ × 35731¹

Step-3: Factors of 71455

List of positive integer factors of 71455 that divides 71455 without a remainder.

1, 5, 31, 155, 461, 2305, 14291

Step-4: Factors of 71462

List of positive integer factors of 71462 that divides 71455 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71455 and 71462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71455 and 71462 is 1.

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