Find Greatest Common Divisor of 2863 and 1344, using prime factorization.
Answer
The GCD of given numbers is 7.
Explanation
Step 1 : Find prime factorization of each number.
$$\begin{aligned}2863 =& 7\cdot409\\[8pt]1344 =& 2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot3\cdot7\\[8pt]\end{aligned}$$(view steps on how to factor 2863 and 1344. )
Step 2 : Put a box around factors that are common for all numbers:
$$\begin{aligned}2863 =& \color{blue}{\boxed{7}}\cdot409\\[8pt]1344 =& 2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot3\cdot\color{blue}{\boxed{7}}\\[8pt]\end{aligned}$$Step 3 : Multiply the boxed numbers together:
$$ GCD = 7 $$This solution can be visualized using a Venn diagram.
The GCD equals the product of the numbers at the intersection.
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