What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72845 and 72853?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72845 and 72853 is 1.

GCF(72845,72853) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72845 and 72853, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72845 and 72853.

How to find the GCF of 72845 and 72853?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72845 and 72853. After we will calculate the factors of 72845 and 72853 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72845

Prime factors of 72845 are 5, 17, 857. Prime factorization of 72845 in exponential form is:

72845 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72853

Prime factors of 72853 are 11, 37, 179. Prime factorization of 72853 in exponential form is:

72853 = 11¹ × 37¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 72845

List of positive integer factors of 72845 that divides 72845 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 857, 4285, 14569

Step-4: Factors of 72853

List of positive integer factors of 72853 that divides 72845 without a remainder.

1, 11, 37, 179, 407, 1969, 6623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72845 and 72853. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72845 and 72853 is 1.

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