What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59531 and 59548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59531 and 59548 is 1.

GCF(59531,59548) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59531 and 59548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59531 and 59548.

How to find the GCF of 59531 and 59548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59531 and 59548. After we will calculate the factors of 59531 and 59548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59531

Prime factors of 59531 are 59, 1009. Prime factorization of 59531 in exponential form is:

59531 = 59¹ × 1009¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59548

Prime factors of 59548 are 2, 14887. Prime factorization of 59548 in exponential form is:

59548 = 2² × 14887¹

Step-3: Factors of 59531

List of positive integer factors of 59531 that divides 59531 without a remainder.

1, 59, 1009

Step-4: Factors of 59548

List of positive integer factors of 59548 that divides 59531 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14887, 29774

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59531 and 59548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59531 and 59548 is 1.

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