What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72578 and 72593?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72578 and 72593 is 1.

GCF(72578,72593) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72578 and 72593, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72578 and 72593.

How to find the GCF of 72578 and 72593?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72578 and 72593. After we will calculate the factors of 72578 and 72593 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72578

Prime factors of 72578 are 2, 11, 3299. Prime factorization of 72578 in exponential form is:

72578 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3299¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72593

Prime factors of 72593 are 229, 317. Prime factorization of 72593 in exponential form is:

72593 = 229¹ × 317¹

Step-3: Factors of 72578

List of positive integer factors of 72578 that divides 72578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3299, 6598, 36289

Step-4: Factors of 72593

List of positive integer factors of 72593 that divides 72578 without a remainder.

1, 229, 317

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72578 and 72593. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72578 and 72593 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72578 and 72593