What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72551 and 72571?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72551 and 72571 is 1.

GCF(72551,72571) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72551 and 72571, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72551 and 72571.

How to find the GCF of 72551 and 72571?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72551 and 72571. After we will calculate the factors of 72551 and 72571 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72551

Prime factors of 72551 are 72551. Prime factorization of 72551 in exponential form is:

72551 = 72551¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72571

Prime factors of 72571 are 31, 2341. Prime factorization of 72571 in exponential form is:

72571 = 31¹ × 2341¹

Step-3: Factors of 72551

List of positive integer factors of 72551 that divides 72551 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 72571

List of positive integer factors of 72571 that divides 72551 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2341

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72551 and 72571. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72551 and 72571 is 1.

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