What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71598 and 71602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71598 and 71602 is 2.

GCF(71598,71602) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71598 and 71602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71598 and 71602.

How to find the GCF of 71598 and 71602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71598 and 71602. After we will calculate the factors of 71598 and 71602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71598

Prime factors of 71598 are 2, 3, 11933. Prime factorization of 71598 in exponential form is:

71598 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11933¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71602

Prime factors of 71602 are 2, 35801. Prime factorization of 71602 in exponential form is:

71602 = 2¹ × 35801¹

Step-3: Factors of 71598

List of positive integer factors of 71598 that divides 71598 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11933, 23866, 35799

Step-4: Factors of 71602

List of positive integer factors of 71602 that divides 71598 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35801

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71598 and 71602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71598 and 71602 is 2.

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