What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71950 and 71969?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71950 and 71969 is 1.

GCF(71950,71969) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71950 and 71969, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71950 and 71969.

How to find the GCF of 71950 and 71969?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71950 and 71969. After we will calculate the factors of 71950 and 71969 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71950

Prime factors of 71950 are 2, 5, 1439. Prime factorization of 71950 in exponential form is:

71950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71969

Prime factors of 71969 are 79, 911. Prime factorization of 71969 in exponential form is:

71969 = 79¹ × 911¹

Step-3: Factors of 71950

List of positive integer factors of 71950 that divides 71950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1439, 2878, 7195, 14390, 35975

Step-4: Factors of 71969

List of positive integer factors of 71969 that divides 71950 without a remainder.

1, 79, 911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71950 and 71969. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71950 and 71969 is 1.

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