What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72281 and 72291?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72281 and 72291 is 1.

GCF(72281,72291) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72281 and 72291, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72281 and 72291.

How to find the GCF of 72281 and 72291?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72281 and 72291. After we will calculate the factors of 72281 and 72291 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72281

Prime factors of 72281 are 11, 6571. Prime factorization of 72281 in exponential form is:

72281 = 11¹ × 6571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72291

Prime factors of 72291 are 3, 24097. Prime factorization of 72291 in exponential form is:

72291 = 3¹ × 24097¹

Step-3: Factors of 72281

List of positive integer factors of 72281 that divides 72281 without a remainder.

1, 11, 6571

Step-4: Factors of 72291

List of positive integer factors of 72291 that divides 72281 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24097

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72281 and 72291. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72281 and 72291 is 1.

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