What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72401 and 72407?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72401 and 72407 is 1.

GCF(72401,72407) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72401 and 72407, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72401 and 72407.

How to find the GCF of 72401 and 72407?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72401 and 72407. After we will calculate the factors of 72401 and 72407 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72401

Prime factors of 72401 are 7, 10343. Prime factorization of 72401 in exponential form is:

72401 = 7¹ × 10343¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72407

Prime factors of 72407 are 61, 1187. Prime factorization of 72407 in exponential form is:

72407 = 61¹ × 1187¹

Step-3: Factors of 72401

List of positive integer factors of 72401 that divides 72401 without a remainder.

1, 7, 10343

Step-4: Factors of 72407

List of positive integer factors of 72407 that divides 72401 without a remainder.

1, 61, 1187

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72401 and 72407. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72401 and 72407 is 1.

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