What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72484 and 72491?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72484 and 72491 is 1.

GCF(72484,72491) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72484 and 72491, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72484 and 72491.

How to find the GCF of 72484 and 72491?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72484 and 72491. After we will calculate the factors of 72484 and 72491 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72484

Prime factors of 72484 are 2, 18121. Prime factorization of 72484 in exponential form is:

72484 = 2² × 18121¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72491

Prime factors of 72491 are 71, 1021. Prime factorization of 72491 in exponential form is:

72491 = 71¹ × 1021¹

Step-3: Factors of 72484

List of positive integer factors of 72484 that divides 72484 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18121, 36242

Step-4: Factors of 72491

List of positive integer factors of 72491 that divides 72484 without a remainder.

1, 71, 1021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72484 and 72491. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72484 and 72491 is 1.

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