What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72655 and 72669?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72655 and 72669 is 1.

GCF(72655,72669) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72655 and 72669, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72655 and 72669.

How to find the GCF of 72655 and 72669?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72655 and 72669. After we will calculate the factors of 72655 and 72669 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72655

Prime factors of 72655 are 5, 11, 1321. Prime factorization of 72655 in exponential form is:

72655 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 1321¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72669

Prime factors of 72669 are 3, 24223. Prime factorization of 72669 in exponential form is:

72669 = 3¹ × 24223¹

Step-3: Factors of 72655

List of positive integer factors of 72655 that divides 72655 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 1321, 6605, 14531

Step-4: Factors of 72669

List of positive integer factors of 72669 that divides 72655 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24223

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72655 and 72669. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72655 and 72669 is 1.

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