What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72425 and 72434?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72425 and 72434 is 1.

GCF(72425,72434) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72425 and 72434, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72425 and 72434.

How to find the GCF of 72425 and 72434?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72425 and 72434. After we will calculate the factors of 72425 and 72434 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72425

Prime factors of 72425 are 5, 2897. Prime factorization of 72425 in exponential form is:

72425 = 5² × 2897¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72434

Prime factors of 72434 are 2, 36217. Prime factorization of 72434 in exponential form is:

72434 = 2¹ × 36217¹

Step-3: Factors of 72425

List of positive integer factors of 72425 that divides 72425 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 2897, 14485

Step-4: Factors of 72434

List of positive integer factors of 72434 that divides 72425 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36217

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72425 and 72434. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72425 and 72434 is 1.

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