What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49542 and 49561?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49542 and 49561 is 1.

GCF(49542,49561) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49542 and 49561, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49542 and 49561.

How to find the GCF of 49542 and 49561?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49542 and 49561. After we will calculate the factors of 49542 and 49561 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49542

Prime factors of 49542 are 2, 3, 23, 359. Prime factorization of 49542 in exponential form is:

49542 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49561

Prime factors of 49561 are 29, 1709. Prime factorization of 49561 in exponential form is:

49561 = 29¹ × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 49542

List of positive integer factors of 49542 that divides 49542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 359, 718, 1077, 2154, 8257, 16514, 24771

Step-4: Factors of 49561

List of positive integer factors of 49561 that divides 49542 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1709

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49542 and 49561. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49542 and 49561 is 1.

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