What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77159 and 77173?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77159 and 77173 is 1.

GCF(77159,77173) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77159 and 77173, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77159 and 77173.

How to find the GCF of 77159 and 77173?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77159 and 77173. After we will calculate the factors of 77159 and 77173 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77159

Prime factors of 77159 are 19, 31, 131. Prime factorization of 77159 in exponential form is:

77159 = 19¹ × 31¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77173

Prime factors of 77173 are 229, 337. Prime factorization of 77173 in exponential form is:

77173 = 229¹ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 77159

List of positive integer factors of 77159 that divides 77159 without a remainder.

1, 19, 31, 131, 589, 2489, 4061

Step-4: Factors of 77173

List of positive integer factors of 77173 that divides 77159 without a remainder.

1, 229, 337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77159 and 77173. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77159 and 77173 is 1.

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