What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72154 and 72173?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72154 and 72173 is 1.

GCF(72154,72173) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72154 and 72173, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72154 and 72173.

How to find the GCF of 72154 and 72173?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72154 and 72173. After we will calculate the factors of 72154 and 72173 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72154

Prime factors of 72154 are 2, 43, 839. Prime factorization of 72154 in exponential form is:

72154 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 839¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72173

Prime factors of 72173 are 72173. Prime factorization of 72173 in exponential form is:

72173 = 72173¹

Step-3: Factors of 72154

List of positive integer factors of 72154 that divides 72154 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 839, 1678, 36077

Step-4: Factors of 72173

List of positive integer factors of 72173 that divides 72154 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72154 and 72173. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72154 and 72173 is 1.

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