Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7841
GCF(17, 7841) = 1, Greatest common factor of 17 and 7841 is 1. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7841. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7841 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 17 and 7841.
Prime Factorization of 17 is 1, 17 and Prime Factorization of 7841 is 1, 7841.
- Factorize\( (17) = \) \(1\times 17\)
- Factorize\( (7841) = \) \(1\times 7841\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(17, 7841) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7841 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 17 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 17
List of positive integers factors of 7841 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 7841
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 17 and 7841 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 17 and 7841 is 1.
\(GCF(17, 7841) = 1\).
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