What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71854 and 71863?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71854 and 71863 is 1.

GCF(71854,71863) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71854 and 71863, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71854 and 71863.

How to find the GCF of 71854 and 71863?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71854 and 71863. After we will calculate the factors of 71854 and 71863 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71854

Prime factors of 71854 are 2, 37, 971. Prime factorization of 71854 in exponential form is:

71854 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71863

Prime factors of 71863 are 11, 47, 139. Prime factorization of 71863 in exponential form is:

71863 = 11¹ × 47¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 71854

List of positive integer factors of 71854 that divides 71854 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 971, 1942, 35927

Step-4: Factors of 71863

List of positive integer factors of 71863 that divides 71854 without a remainder.

1, 11, 47, 139, 517, 1529, 6533

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71854 and 71863. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71854 and 71863 is 1.

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