What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71581 and 71587?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71581 and 71587 is 1.

GCF(71581,71587) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71581 and 71587, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71581 and 71587.

How to find the GCF of 71581 and 71587?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71581 and 71587. After we will calculate the factors of 71581 and 71587 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71581

Prime factors of 71581 are 47, 1523. Prime factorization of 71581 in exponential form is:

71581 = 47¹ × 1523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71587

Prime factors of 71587 are 17, 4211. Prime factorization of 71587 in exponential form is:

71587 = 17¹ × 4211¹

Step-3: Factors of 71581

List of positive integer factors of 71581 that divides 71581 without a remainder.

1, 47, 1523

Step-4: Factors of 71587

List of positive integer factors of 71587 that divides 71581 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4211

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71581 and 71587. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71581 and 71587 is 1.

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