What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73231 and 73238?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73231 and 73238 is 1.

GCF(73231,73238) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73231 and 73238, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73231 and 73238.

How to find the GCF of 73231 and 73238?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73231 and 73238. After we will calculate the factors of 73231 and 73238 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73231

Prime factors of 73231 are 67, 1093. Prime factorization of 73231 in exponential form is:

73231 = 67¹ × 1093¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73238

Prime factors of 73238 are 2, 11, 3329. Prime factorization of 73238 in exponential form is:

73238 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3329¹

Step-3: Factors of 73231

List of positive integer factors of 73231 that divides 73231 without a remainder.

1, 67, 1093

Step-4: Factors of 73238

List of positive integer factors of 73238 that divides 73231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3329, 6658, 36619

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73231 and 73238. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73231 and 73238 is 1.

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