What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71579 and 71598?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71579 and 71598 is 1.

GCF(71579,71598) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71579 and 71598, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71579 and 71598.

How to find the GCF of 71579 and 71598?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71579 and 71598. After we will calculate the factors of 71579 and 71598 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71579

Prime factors of 71579 are 31, 2309. Prime factorization of 71579 in exponential form is:

71579 = 31¹ × 2309¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71598

Prime factors of 71598 are 2, 3, 11933. Prime factorization of 71598 in exponential form is:

71598 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11933¹

Step-3: Factors of 71579

List of positive integer factors of 71579 that divides 71579 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2309

Step-4: Factors of 71598

List of positive integer factors of 71598 that divides 71579 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11933, 23866, 35799

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71579 and 71598. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71579 and 71598 is 1.

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