What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47486 and 47494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47486 and 47494 is 2.

GCF(47486,47494) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47486 and 47494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47486 and 47494.

How to find the GCF of 47486 and 47494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47486 and 47494. After we will calculate the factors of 47486 and 47494 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47486

Prime factors of 47486 are 2, 23743. Prime factorization of 47486 in exponential form is:

47486 = 2¹ × 23743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47494

Prime factors of 47494 are 2, 23747. Prime factorization of 47494 in exponential form is:

47494 = 2¹ × 23747¹

Step-3: Factors of 47486

List of positive integer factors of 47486 that divides 47486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23743

Step-4: Factors of 47494

List of positive integer factors of 47494 that divides 47486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23747

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47486 and 47494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47486 and 47494 is 2.

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