What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72541 and 72547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72541 and 72547 is 1.

GCF(72541,72547) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72541 and 72547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72541 and 72547.

How to find the GCF of 72541 and 72547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72541 and 72547. After we will calculate the factors of 72541 and 72547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 72547

Prime factors of 72547 are 72547. Prime factorization of 72547 in exponential form is:

72547 = 72547¹

Step-3: Factors of 72541

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 72547

List of positive integer factors of 72547 that divides 72541 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72541 and 72547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72541 and 72547 is 1.

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