What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71965 and 71977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71965 and 71977 is 1.

GCF(71965,71977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71965 and 71977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71965 and 71977.

How to find the GCF of 71965 and 71977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71965 and 71977. After we will calculate the factors of 71965 and 71977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71965

Prime factors of 71965 are 5, 37, 389. Prime factorization of 71965 in exponential form is:

71965 = 5¹ × 37¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71977

Prime factors of 71977 are 167, 431. Prime factorization of 71977 in exponential form is:

71977 = 167¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 71965

List of positive integer factors of 71965 that divides 71965 without a remainder.

1, 5, 37, 185, 389, 1945, 14393

Step-4: Factors of 71977

List of positive integer factors of 71977 that divides 71965 without a remainder.

1, 167, 431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71965 and 71977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71965 and 71977 is 1.

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