What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72527 and 72531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72527 and 72531 is 1.

GCF(72527,72531) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72527 and 72531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72527 and 72531.

How to find the GCF of 72527 and 72531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72527 and 72531. After we will calculate the factors of 72527 and 72531 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72527

Prime factors of 72527 are 7, 13, 797. Prime factorization of 72527 in exponential form is:

72527 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 797¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72531

Prime factors of 72531 are 3, 8059. Prime factorization of 72531 in exponential form is:

72531 = 3² × 8059¹

Step-3: Factors of 72527

List of positive integer factors of 72527 that divides 72527 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 797, 5579, 10361

Step-4: Factors of 72531

List of positive integer factors of 72531 that divides 72527 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8059, 24177

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72527 and 72531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72527 and 72531 is 1.

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