What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50072 and 50086?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50072 and 50086 is 2.

GCF(50072,50086) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50072 and 50086, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50072 and 50086.

How to find the GCF of 50072 and 50086?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50072 and 50086. After we will calculate the factors of 50072 and 50086 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 50086

Prime factors of 50086 are 2, 79, 317. Prime factorization of 50086 in exponential form is:

50086 = 2¹ × 79¹ × 317¹

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 50086

List of positive integer factors of 50086 that divides 50072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 317, 634, 25043

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50072 and 50086. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50072 and 50086 is 2.

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