What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72078 and 72089?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72078 and 72089 is 1.

GCF(72078,72089) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72078 and 72089, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72078 and 72089.

How to find the GCF of 72078 and 72089?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72078 and 72089. After we will calculate the factors of 72078 and 72089 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72078

Prime factors of 72078 are 2, 3, 41, 293. Prime factorization of 72078 in exponential form is:

72078 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 41¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72089

Prime factors of 72089 are 72089. Prime factorization of 72089 in exponential form is:

72089 = 72089¹

Step-3: Factors of 72078

List of positive integer factors of 72078 that divides 72078 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 41, 82, 123, 246, 293, 586, 879, 1758, 12013, 24026, 36039

Step-4: Factors of 72089

List of positive integer factors of 72089 that divides 72078 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72078 and 72089. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72078 and 72089 is 1.

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