What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71897 and 71902?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71897 and 71902 is 1.

GCF(71897,71902) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71897 and 71902, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71897 and 71902.

How to find the GCF of 71897 and 71902?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71897 and 71902. After we will calculate the factors of 71897 and 71902 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71897

Prime factors of 71897 are 7, 10271. Prime factorization of 71897 in exponential form is:

71897 = 7¹ × 10271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71902

Prime factors of 71902 are 2, 35951. Prime factorization of 71902 in exponential form is:

71902 = 2¹ × 35951¹

Step-3: Factors of 71897

List of positive integer factors of 71897 that divides 71897 without a remainder.

1, 7, 10271

Step-4: Factors of 71902

List of positive integer factors of 71902 that divides 71897 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35951

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71897 and 71902. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71897 and 71902 is 1.

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