What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72521 and 72541?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72521 and 72541 is 1.

GCF(72521,72541) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72521 and 72541, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72521 and 72541.

How to find the GCF of 72521 and 72541?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72521 and 72541. After we will calculate the factors of 72521 and 72541 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72521

Prime factors of 72521 are 47, 1543. Prime factorization of 72521 in exponential form is:

72521 = 47¹ × 1543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72541

Prime factors of 72541 are 7, 43, 241. Prime factorization of 72541 in exponential form is:

72541 = 7¹ × 43¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 72521

List of positive integer factors of 72521 that divides 72521 without a remainder.

1, 47, 1543

Step-4: Factors of 72541

List of positive integer factors of 72541 that divides 72521 without a remainder.

1, 7, 43, 241, 301, 1687, 10363

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72521 and 72541. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72521 and 72541 is 1.

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