What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72098 and 72102?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72098 and 72102 is 2.

GCF(72098,72102) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72098 and 72102, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72098 and 72102.

How to find the GCF of 72098 and 72102?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72098 and 72102. After we will calculate the factors of 72098 and 72102 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72098

Prime factors of 72098 are 2, 13, 47, 59. Prime factorization of 72098 in exponential form is:

72098 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 47¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72102

Prime factors of 72102 are 2, 3, 61, 197. Prime factorization of 72102 in exponential form is:

72102 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 61¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 72098

List of positive integer factors of 72098 that divides 72098 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 47, 59, 94, 118, 611, 767, 1222, 1534, 2773, 5546, 36049

Step-4: Factors of 72102

List of positive integer factors of 72102 that divides 72098 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 61, 122, 183, 197, 366, 394, 591, 1182, 12017, 24034, 36051

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72098 and 72102. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72098 and 72102 is 2.

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