What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71659 and 71677?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71659 and 71677 is 1.

GCF(71659,71677) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71659 and 71677, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71659 and 71677.

How to find the GCF of 71659 and 71677?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71659 and 71677. After we will calculate the factors of 71659 and 71677 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71659

Prime factors of 71659 are 7, 29, 353. Prime factorization of 71659 in exponential form is:

71659 = 7¹ × 29¹ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71677

Prime factors of 71677 are 229, 313. Prime factorization of 71677 in exponential form is:

71677 = 229¹ × 313¹

Step-3: Factors of 71659

List of positive integer factors of 71659 that divides 71659 without a remainder.

1, 7, 29, 203, 353, 2471, 10237

Step-4: Factors of 71677

List of positive integer factors of 71677 that divides 71659 without a remainder.

1, 229, 313

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71659 and 71677. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71659 and 71677 is 1.

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