What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72557 and 72573?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72557 and 72573 is 1.

GCF(72557,72573) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72557 and 72573, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72557 and 72573.

How to find the GCF of 72557 and 72573?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72557 and 72573. After we will calculate the factors of 72557 and 72573 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72557

Prime factors of 72557 are 37, 53. Prime factorization of 72557 in exponential form is:

72557 = 37² × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72573

Prime factors of 72573 are 3, 17, 1423. Prime factorization of 72573 in exponential form is:

72573 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1423¹

Step-3: Factors of 72557

List of positive integer factors of 72557 that divides 72557 without a remainder.

1, 37, 53, 1369, 1961

Step-4: Factors of 72573

List of positive integer factors of 72573 that divides 72557 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1423, 4269, 24191

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72557 and 72573. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72557 and 72573 is 1.

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