What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72389 and 72406?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72389 and 72406 is 1.

GCF(72389,72406) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72389 and 72406, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72389 and 72406.

How to find the GCF of 72389 and 72406?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72389 and 72406. After we will calculate the factors of 72389 and 72406 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72389

Prime factors of 72389 are 191, 379. Prime factorization of 72389 in exponential form is:

72389 = 191¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72406

Prime factors of 72406 are 2, 41, 883. Prime factorization of 72406 in exponential form is:

72406 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 883¹

Step-3: Factors of 72389

List of positive integer factors of 72389 that divides 72389 without a remainder.

1, 191, 379

Step-4: Factors of 72406

List of positive integer factors of 72406 that divides 72389 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 883, 1766, 36203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72389 and 72406. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72389 and 72406 is 1.

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