What is the Greatest Common Factor of 83073 and 83079?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 83073 and 83079 is 3.

GCF(83073,83079) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 83073 and 83079, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 83073 and 83079.

How to find the GCF of 83073 and 83079?

We will first find the prime factorization of 83073 and 83079. After we will calculate the factors of 83073 and 83079 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 83073

Prime factors of 83073 are 3, 27691. Prime factorization of 83073 in exponential form is:

83073 = 3¹ × 27691¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 83079

Prime factors of 83079 are 3, 17, 181. Prime factorization of 83079 in exponential form is:

83079 = 3³ × 17¹ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 83073

List of positive integer factors of 83073 that divides 83073 without a remainder.

1, 3, 27691

Step-4: Factors of 83079

List of positive integer factors of 83079 that divides 83073 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 27, 51, 153, 181, 459, 543, 1629, 3077, 4887, 9231, 27693

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 83073 and 83079. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 83073 and 83079 is 3.

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