What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72955 and 72967?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72955 and 72967 is 1.

GCF(72955,72967) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72955 and 72967, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72955 and 72967.

How to find the GCF of 72955 and 72967?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72955 and 72967. After we will calculate the factors of 72955 and 72967 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72955

Prime factors of 72955 are 5, 14591. Prime factorization of 72955 in exponential form is:

72955 = 5¹ × 14591¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72967

Prime factors of 72967 are 131, 557. Prime factorization of 72967 in exponential form is:

72967 = 131¹ × 557¹

Step-3: Factors of 72955

List of positive integer factors of 72955 that divides 72955 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14591

Step-4: Factors of 72967

List of positive integer factors of 72967 that divides 72955 without a remainder.

1, 131, 557

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72955 and 72967. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72955 and 72967 is 1.

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