What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71941 and 71948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71941 and 71948 is 1.

GCF(71941,71948) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71941 and 71948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71941 and 71948.

How to find the GCF of 71941 and 71948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71941 and 71948. After we will calculate the factors of 71941 and 71948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71941

Prime factors of 71941 are 71941. Prime factorization of 71941 in exponential form is:

71941 = 71941¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71948

Prime factors of 71948 are 2, 17987. Prime factorization of 71948 in exponential form is:

71948 = 2² × 17987¹

Step-3: Factors of 71941

List of positive integer factors of 71941 that divides 71941 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 71948

List of positive integer factors of 71948 that divides 71941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17987, 35974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71941 and 71948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71941 and 71948 is 1.

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