What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72039 and 72043?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72039 and 72043 is 1.

GCF(72039,72043) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72039 and 72043, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72039 and 72043.

How to find the GCF of 72039 and 72043?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72039 and 72043. After we will calculate the factors of 72039 and 72043 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72039

Prime factors of 72039 are 3, 11, 37, 59. Prime factorization of 72039 in exponential form is:

72039 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 37¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72043

Prime factors of 72043 are 72043. Prime factorization of 72043 in exponential form is:

72043 = 72043¹

Step-3: Factors of 72039

List of positive integer factors of 72039 that divides 72039 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 37, 59, 111, 177, 407, 649, 1221, 1947, 2183, 6549, 24013

Step-4: Factors of 72043

List of positive integer factors of 72043 that divides 72039 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72039 and 72043. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72039 and 72043 is 1.

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