What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72641 and 72659?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72641 and 72659 is 1.

GCF(72641,72659) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72641 and 72659, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72641 and 72659.

How to find the GCF of 72641 and 72659?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72641 and 72659. After we will calculate the factors of 72641 and 72659 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72641

Prime factors of 72641 are 17, 4273. Prime factorization of 72641 in exponential form is:

72641 = 17¹ × 4273¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72659

Prime factors of 72659 are 113, 643. Prime factorization of 72659 in exponential form is:

72659 = 113¹ × 643¹

Step-3: Factors of 72641

List of positive integer factors of 72641 that divides 72641 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4273

Step-4: Factors of 72659

List of positive integer factors of 72659 that divides 72641 without a remainder.

1, 113, 643

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72641 and 72659. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72641 and 72659 is 1.

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