What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41975 and 41982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41975 and 41982 is 1.

GCF(41975,41982) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41975 and 41982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41975 and 41982.

How to find the GCF of 41975 and 41982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41975 and 41982. After we will calculate the factors of 41975 and 41982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41975

Prime factors of 41975 are 5, 23, 73. Prime factorization of 41975 in exponential form is:

41975 = 5² × 23¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41982

Prime factors of 41982 are 2, 3, 6997. Prime factorization of 41982 in exponential form is:

41982 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6997¹

Step-3: Factors of 41975

List of positive integer factors of 41975 that divides 41975 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 25, 73, 115, 365, 575, 1679, 1825, 8395

Step-4: Factors of 41982

List of positive integer factors of 41982 that divides 41975 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6997, 13994, 20991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41975 and 41982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41975 and 41982 is 1.

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