What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72807 and 72819?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72807 and 72819 is 3.

GCF(72807,72819) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72807 and 72819, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72807 and 72819.

How to find the GCF of 72807 and 72819?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72807 and 72819. After we will calculate the factors of 72807 and 72819 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72807

Prime factors of 72807 are 3, 7, 3467. Prime factorization of 72807 in exponential form is:

72807 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72819

Prime factors of 72819 are 3, 29, 31. Prime factorization of 72819 in exponential form is:

72819 = 3⁴ × 29¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 72807

List of positive integer factors of 72807 that divides 72807 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3467, 10401, 24269

Step-4: Factors of 72819

List of positive integer factors of 72819 that divides 72807 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 29, 31, 81, 87, 93, 261, 279, 783, 837, 899, 2349, 2511, 2697, 8091, 24273

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72807 and 72819. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72807 and 72819 is 3.

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