What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49574 and 49586?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49574 and 49586 is 2.

GCF(49574,49586) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49574 and 49586, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49574 and 49586.

How to find the GCF of 49574 and 49586?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49574 and 49586. After we will calculate the factors of 49574 and 49586 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49574

Prime factors of 49574 are 2, 7, 3541. Prime factorization of 49574 in exponential form is:

49574 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3541¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49586

Prime factors of 49586 are 2, 24793. Prime factorization of 49586 in exponential form is:

49586 = 2¹ × 24793¹

Step-3: Factors of 49574

List of positive integer factors of 49574 that divides 49574 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3541, 7082, 24787

Step-4: Factors of 49586

List of positive integer factors of 49586 that divides 49574 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24793

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49574 and 49586. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49574 and 49586 is 2.

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