What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72683 and 72687?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72683 and 72687 is 1.

GCF(72683,72687) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72683 and 72687, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72683 and 72687.

How to find the GCF of 72683 and 72687?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72683 and 72687. After we will calculate the factors of 72683 and 72687 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72683

Prime factors of 72683 are 13, 5591. Prime factorization of 72683 in exponential form is:

72683 = 13¹ × 5591¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72687

Prime factors of 72687 are 3, 24229. Prime factorization of 72687 in exponential form is:

72687 = 3¹ × 24229¹

Step-3: Factors of 72683

List of positive integer factors of 72683 that divides 72683 without a remainder.

1, 13, 5591

Step-4: Factors of 72687

List of positive integer factors of 72687 that divides 72683 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24229

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72683 and 72687. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72683 and 72687 is 1.

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