What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50072 and 50078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50072 and 50078 is 2.

GCF(50072,50078) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50072 and 50078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50072 and 50078.

How to find the GCF of 50072 and 50078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50072 and 50078. After we will calculate the factors of 50072 and 50078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50072

Prime factors of 50072 are 2, 11, 569. Prime factorization of 50072 in exponential form is:

50072 = 2³ × 11¹ × 569¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50078

Prime factors of 50078 are 2, 7, 73. Prime factorization of 50078 in exponential form is:

50078 = 2¹ × 7³ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 50072

List of positive integer factors of 50072 that divides 50072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 569, 1138, 2276, 4552, 6259, 12518, 25036

Step-4: Factors of 50078

List of positive integer factors of 50078 that divides 50072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 73, 98, 146, 343, 511, 686, 1022, 3577, 7154, 25039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50072 and 50078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50072 and 50078 is 2.

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