What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72245 and 72251?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72245 and 72251 is 1.

GCF(72245,72251) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72245 and 72251, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72245 and 72251.

How to find the GCF of 72245 and 72251?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72245 and 72251. After we will calculate the factors of 72245 and 72251 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72245

Prime factors of 72245 are 5, 14449. Prime factorization of 72245 in exponential form is:

72245 = 5¹ × 14449¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72251

Prime factors of 72251 are 72251. Prime factorization of 72251 in exponential form is:

72251 = 72251¹

Step-3: Factors of 72245

List of positive integer factors of 72245 that divides 72245 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14449

Step-4: Factors of 72251

List of positive integer factors of 72251 that divides 72245 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72245 and 72251. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72245 and 72251 is 1.

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