What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72699 and 72707?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72699 and 72707 is 1.

GCF(72699,72707) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72699 and 72707, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72699 and 72707.

How to find the GCF of 72699 and 72707?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72699 and 72707. After we will calculate the factors of 72699 and 72707 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72699

Prime factors of 72699 are 3, 11, 2203. Prime factorization of 72699 in exponential form is:

72699 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2203¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72707

Prime factors of 72707 are 72707. Prime factorization of 72707 in exponential form is:

72707 = 72707¹

Step-3: Factors of 72699

List of positive integer factors of 72699 that divides 72699 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2203, 6609, 24233

Step-4: Factors of 72707

List of positive integer factors of 72707 that divides 72699 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72699 and 72707. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72699 and 72707 is 1.

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