What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72971 and 72979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72971 and 72979 is 1.

GCF(72971,72979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72971 and 72979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72971 and 72979.

How to find the GCF of 72971 and 72979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72971 and 72979. After we will calculate the factors of 72971 and 72979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72971

Prime factors of 72971 are 43, 1697. Prime factorization of 72971 in exponential form is:

72971 = 43¹ × 1697¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72979

Prime factors of 72979 are 19, 23, 167. Prime factorization of 72979 in exponential form is:

72979 = 19¹ × 23¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 72971

List of positive integer factors of 72971 that divides 72971 without a remainder.

1, 43, 1697

Step-4: Factors of 72979

List of positive integer factors of 72979 that divides 72971 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23, 167, 437, 3173, 3841

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72971 and 72979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72971 and 72979 is 1.

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