What is the Greatest Common Factor of 20079 and 20098?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 20079 and 20098 is 1.

GCF(20079,20098) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 20079 and 20098, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 20079 and 20098.

How to find the GCF of 20079 and 20098?

We will first find the prime factorization of 20079 and 20098. After we will calculate the factors of 20079 and 20098 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 20079

Prime factors of 20079 are 3, 23, 97. Prime factorization of 20079 in exponential form is:

20079 = 3² × 23¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 20098

Prime factors of 20098 are 2, 13, 773. Prime factorization of 20098 in exponential form is:

20098 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 20079

List of positive integer factors of 20079 that divides 20079 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 69, 97, 207, 291, 873, 2231, 6693

Step-4: Factors of 20098

List of positive integer factors of 20098 that divides 20079 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 773, 1546, 10049

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 20079 and 20098. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 20079 and 20098 is 1.

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