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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29938 and 29950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29938 and 29950 is 2.

GCF(29938,29950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29938 and 29950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29938 and 29950.

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How to find the GCF of 29938 and 29950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29938 and 29950. After we will calculate the factors of 29938 and 29950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29938

Prime factors of 29938 are 2, 14969. Prime factorization of 29938 in exponential form is:

29938 = 21 × 149691

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29950

Prime factors of 29950 are 2, 5, 599. Prime factorization of 29950 in exponential form is:

29950 = 21 × 52 × 5991

Step-3: Factors of 29938

List of positive integer factors of 29938 that divides 29938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14969

Step-4: Factors of 29950

List of positive integer factors of 29950 that divides 29938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 599, 1198, 2995, 5990, 14975

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29938 and 29950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29938 and 29950 is 2.

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