What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71572 and 71578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71572 and 71578 is 2.

GCF(71572,71578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71572 and 71578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71572 and 71578.

How to find the GCF of 71572 and 71578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71572 and 71578. After we will calculate the factors of 71572 and 71578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71572

Prime factors of 71572 are 2, 29, 617. Prime factorization of 71572 in exponential form is:

71572 = 2² × 29¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71578

Prime factors of 71578 are 2, 13, 2753. Prime factorization of 71578 in exponential form is:

71578 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2753¹

Step-3: Factors of 71572

List of positive integer factors of 71572 that divides 71572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 116, 617, 1234, 2468, 17893, 35786

Step-4: Factors of 71578

List of positive integer factors of 71578 that divides 71572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2753, 5506, 35789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71572 and 71578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71572 and 71578 is 2.

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