What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72419 and 72437?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72419 and 72437 is 1.

GCF(72419,72437) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72419 and 72437, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72419 and 72437.

How to find the GCF of 72419 and 72437?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72419 and 72437. After we will calculate the factors of 72419 and 72437 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72419

Prime factors of 72419 are 139, 521. Prime factorization of 72419 in exponential form is:

72419 = 139¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72437

Prime factors of 72437 are 17, 4261. Prime factorization of 72437 in exponential form is:

72437 = 17¹ × 4261¹

Step-3: Factors of 72419

List of positive integer factors of 72419 that divides 72419 without a remainder.

1, 139, 521

Step-4: Factors of 72437

List of positive integer factors of 72437 that divides 72419 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4261

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72419 and 72437. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72419 and 72437 is 1.

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