What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72058 and 72071?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72058 and 72071 is 1.

GCF(72058,72071) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72058 and 72071, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72058 and 72071.

How to find the GCF of 72058 and 72071?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72058 and 72071. After we will calculate the factors of 72058 and 72071 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72058

Prime factors of 72058 are 2, 7, 5147. Prime factorization of 72058 in exponential form is:

72058 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 5147¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72071

Prime factors of 72071 are 97, 743. Prime factorization of 72071 in exponential form is:

72071 = 97¹ × 743¹

Step-3: Factors of 72058

List of positive integer factors of 72058 that divides 72058 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 5147, 10294, 36029

Step-4: Factors of 72071

List of positive integer factors of 72071 that divides 72058 without a remainder.

1, 97, 743

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72058 and 72071. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72058 and 72071 is 1.

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