What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71559 and 71571?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71559 and 71571 is 3.

GCF(71559,71571) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71559 and 71571, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71559 and 71571.

How to find the GCF of 71559 and 71571?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71559 and 71571. After we will calculate the factors of 71559 and 71571 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71559

Prime factors of 71559 are 3, 7951. Prime factorization of 71559 in exponential form is:

71559 = 3² × 7951¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71571

Prime factors of 71571 are 3, 23857. Prime factorization of 71571 in exponential form is:

71571 = 3¹ × 23857¹

Step-3: Factors of 71559

List of positive integer factors of 71559 that divides 71559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 7951, 23853

Step-4: Factors of 71571

List of positive integer factors of 71571 that divides 71559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23857

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71559 and 71571. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71559 and 71571 is 3.

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