What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72867 and 72886?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72867 and 72886 is 1.

GCF(72867,72886) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72867 and 72886, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72867 and 72886.

How to find the GCF of 72867 and 72886?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72867 and 72886. After we will calculate the factors of 72867 and 72886 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72867

Prime factors of 72867 are 3, 107, 227. Prime factorization of 72867 in exponential form is:

72867 = 3¹ × 107¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72886

Prime factors of 72886 are 2, 11, 3313. Prime factorization of 72886 in exponential form is:

72886 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3313¹

Step-3: Factors of 72867

List of positive integer factors of 72867 that divides 72867 without a remainder.

1, 3, 107, 227, 321, 681, 24289

Step-4: Factors of 72886

List of positive integer factors of 72886 that divides 72867 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3313, 6626, 36443

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72867 and 72886. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72867 and 72886 is 1.

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