What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72529 and 72546?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72529 and 72546 is 1.

GCF(72529,72546) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72529 and 72546, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72529 and 72546.

How to find the GCF of 72529 and 72546?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72529 and 72546. After we will calculate the factors of 72529 and 72546 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72529

Prime factors of 72529 are 29, 41, 61. Prime factorization of 72529 in exponential form is:

72529 = 29¹ × 41¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72546

Prime factors of 72546 are 2, 3, 107, 113. Prime factorization of 72546 in exponential form is:

72546 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 107¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 72529

List of positive integer factors of 72529 that divides 72529 without a remainder.

1, 29, 41, 61, 1189, 1769, 2501

Step-4: Factors of 72546

List of positive integer factors of 72546 that divides 72529 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 107, 113, 214, 226, 321, 339, 642, 678, 12091, 24182, 36273

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72529 and 72546. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72529 and 72546 is 1.

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