What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72131 and 72137?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72131 and 72137 is 1.

GCF(72131,72137) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72131 and 72137, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72131 and 72137.

How to find the GCF of 72131 and 72137?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72131 and 72137. After we will calculate the factors of 72131 and 72137 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72131

Prime factors of 72131 are 17, 4243. Prime factorization of 72131 in exponential form is:

72131 = 17¹ × 4243¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72137

Prime factors of 72137 are 13, 31, 179. Prime factorization of 72137 in exponential form is:

72137 = 13¹ × 31¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 72131

List of positive integer factors of 72131 that divides 72131 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4243

Step-4: Factors of 72137

List of positive integer factors of 72137 that divides 72131 without a remainder.

1, 13, 31, 179, 403, 2327, 5549

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72131 and 72137. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72131 and 72137 is 1.

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