What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72483 and 72502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72483 and 72502 is 1.

GCF(72483,72502) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72483 and 72502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72483 and 72502.

How to find the GCF of 72483 and 72502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72483 and 72502. After we will calculate the factors of 72483 and 72502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72483

Prime factors of 72483 are 3, 37, 653. Prime factorization of 72483 in exponential form is:

72483 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 653¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72502

Prime factors of 72502 are 2, 36251. Prime factorization of 72502 in exponential form is:

72502 = 2¹ × 36251¹

Step-3: Factors of 72483

List of positive integer factors of 72483 that divides 72483 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 653, 1959, 24161

Step-4: Factors of 72502

List of positive integer factors of 72502 that divides 72483 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72483 and 72502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72483 and 72502 is 1.

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