What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72992 and 73011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72992 and 73011 is 1.

GCF(72992,73011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72992 and 73011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72992 and 73011.

How to find the GCF of 72992 and 73011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72992 and 73011. After we will calculate the factors of 72992 and 73011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72992

Prime factors of 72992 are 2, 2281. Prime factorization of 72992 in exponential form is:

72992 = 2⁵ × 2281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73011

Prime factors of 73011 are 3, 24337. Prime factorization of 73011 in exponential form is:

73011 = 3¹ × 24337¹

Step-3: Factors of 72992

List of positive integer factors of 72992 that divides 72992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 2281, 4562, 9124, 18248, 36496

Step-4: Factors of 73011

List of positive integer factors of 73011 that divides 72992 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72992 and 73011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72992 and 73011 is 1.

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