What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71770 and 71779?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71770 and 71779 is 1.

GCF(71770,71779) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71770 and 71779, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71770 and 71779.

How to find the GCF of 71770 and 71779?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71770 and 71779. After we will calculate the factors of 71770 and 71779 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71770

Prime factors of 71770 are 2, 5, 7177. Prime factorization of 71770 in exponential form is:

71770 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7177¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71779

Prime factors of 71779 are 179, 401. Prime factorization of 71779 in exponential form is:

71779 = 179¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 71770

List of positive integer factors of 71770 that divides 71770 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7177, 14354, 35885

Step-4: Factors of 71779

List of positive integer factors of 71779 that divides 71770 without a remainder.

1, 179, 401

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71770 and 71779. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71770 and 71779 is 1.

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