What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72542 and 72547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72542 and 72547 is 1.

GCF(72542,72547) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72542 and 72547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72542 and 72547.

How to find the GCF of 72542 and 72547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72542 and 72547. After we will calculate the factors of 72542 and 72547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72542

Prime factors of 72542 are 2, 19, 23, 83. Prime factorization of 72542 in exponential form is:

72542 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 23¹ × 83¹

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 72542

List of positive integer factors of 72542 that divides 72542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 23, 38, 46, 83, 166, 437, 874, 1577, 1909, 3154, 3818, 36271

Step-4: Factors of 72547

List of positive integer factors of 72547 that divides 72542 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72542 and 72547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72542 and 72547 is 1.

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