What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71517 and 71529?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71517 and 71529 is 3.

GCF(71517,71529) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71517 and 71529, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71517 and 71529.

How to find the GCF of 71517 and 71529?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71517 and 71529. After we will calculate the factors of 71517 and 71529 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71517

Prime factors of 71517 are 3, 31, 769. Prime factorization of 71517 in exponential form is:

71517 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 769¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71529

Prime factors of 71529 are 3, 113, 211. Prime factorization of 71529 in exponential form is:

71529 = 3¹ × 113¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 71517

List of positive integer factors of 71517 that divides 71517 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 769, 2307, 23839

Step-4: Factors of 71529

List of positive integer factors of 71529 that divides 71517 without a remainder.

1, 3, 113, 211, 339, 633, 23843

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71517 and 71529. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71517 and 71529 is 3.

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