What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48579 and 48596?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48579 and 48596 is 1.

GCF(48579,48596) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48579 and 48596, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48579 and 48596.

How to find the GCF of 48579 and 48596?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48579 and 48596. After we will calculate the factors of 48579 and 48596 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48579

Prime factors of 48579 are 3, 16193. Prime factorization of 48579 in exponential form is:

48579 = 3¹ × 16193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48596

Prime factors of 48596 are 2, 12149. Prime factorization of 48596 in exponential form is:

48596 = 2² × 12149¹

Step-3: Factors of 48579

List of positive integer factors of 48579 that divides 48579 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16193

Step-4: Factors of 48596

List of positive integer factors of 48596 that divides 48579 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12149, 24298

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48579 and 48596. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48579 and 48596 is 1.

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