What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72063 and 72082?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72063 and 72082 is 1.

GCF(72063,72082) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72063 and 72082, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72063 and 72082.

How to find the GCF of 72063 and 72082?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72063 and 72082. After we will calculate the factors of 72063 and 72082 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72063

Prime factors of 72063 are 3, 17, 157. Prime factorization of 72063 in exponential form is:

72063 = 3³ × 17¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72082

Prime factors of 72082 are 2, 23, 1567. Prime factorization of 72082 in exponential form is:

72082 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1567¹

Step-3: Factors of 72063

List of positive integer factors of 72063 that divides 72063 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 27, 51, 153, 157, 459, 471, 1413, 2669, 4239, 8007, 24021

Step-4: Factors of 72082

List of positive integer factors of 72082 that divides 72063 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1567, 3134, 36041

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72063 and 72082. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72063 and 72082 is 1.

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