What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72951 and 72969?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72951 and 72969 is 3.

GCF(72951,72969) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72951 and 72969, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72951 and 72969.

How to find the GCF of 72951 and 72969?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72951 and 72969. After we will calculate the factors of 72951 and 72969 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72951

Prime factors of 72951 are 3, 24317. Prime factorization of 72951 in exponential form is:

72951 = 3¹ × 24317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72969

Prime factors of 72969 are 3, 13, 1871. Prime factorization of 72969 in exponential form is:

72969 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1871¹

Step-3: Factors of 72951

List of positive integer factors of 72951 that divides 72951 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24317

Step-4: Factors of 72969

List of positive integer factors of 72969 that divides 72951 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1871, 5613, 24323

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72951 and 72969. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72951 and 72969 is 3.

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