What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72375 and 72388?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72375 and 72388 is 1.

GCF(72375,72388) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72375 and 72388, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72375 and 72388.

How to find the GCF of 72375 and 72388?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72375 and 72388. After we will calculate the factors of 72375 and 72388 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72375

Prime factors of 72375 are 3, 5, 193. Prime factorization of 72375 in exponential form is:

72375 = 3¹ × 5³ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72388

Prime factors of 72388 are 2, 18097. Prime factorization of 72388 in exponential form is:

72388 = 2² × 18097¹

Step-3: Factors of 72375

List of positive integer factors of 72375 that divides 72375 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 125, 193, 375, 579, 965, 2895, 4825, 14475, 24125

Step-4: Factors of 72388

List of positive integer factors of 72388 that divides 72375 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18097, 36194

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72375 and 72388. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72375 and 72388 is 1.

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