What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72071 and 72077?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72071 and 72077 is 1.

GCF(72071,72077) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72071 and 72077, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72071 and 72077.

How to find the GCF of 72071 and 72077?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72071 and 72077. After we will calculate the factors of 72071 and 72077 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72071

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

72071 = 97¹ × 743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72077

Prime factors of 72077 are 72077. Prime factorization of 72077 in exponential form is:

72077 = 72077¹

Step-3: Factors of 72071

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

1, 97, 743

Step-4: Factors of 72077

List of positive integer factors of 72077 that divides 72071 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72071 and 72077. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72071 and 72077 is 1.

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