What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72585 and 72601?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72585 and 72601 is 1.

GCF(72585,72601) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72585 and 72601, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72585 and 72601.

How to find the GCF of 72585 and 72601?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72585 and 72601. After we will calculate the factors of 72585 and 72601 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72585

Prime factors of 72585 are 3, 5, 1613. Prime factorization of 72585 in exponential form is:

72585 = 3² × 5¹ × 1613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72601

Prime factors of 72601 are 79, 919. Prime factorization of 72601 in exponential form is:

72601 = 79¹ × 919¹

Step-3: Factors of 72585

List of positive integer factors of 72585 that divides 72585 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1613, 4839, 8065, 14517, 24195

Step-4: Factors of 72601

List of positive integer factors of 72601 that divides 72585 without a remainder.

1, 79, 919

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72585 and 72601. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72585 and 72601 is 1.

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