What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72194 and 72206?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72194 and 72206 is 2.

GCF(72194,72206) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72194 and 72206, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72194 and 72206.

How to find the GCF of 72194 and 72206?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72194 and 72206. After we will calculate the factors of 72194 and 72206 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72194

Prime factors of 72194 are 2, 36097. Prime factorization of 72194 in exponential form is:

72194 = 2¹ × 36097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72206

Prime factors of 72206 are 2, 79, 457. Prime factorization of 72206 in exponential form is:

72206 = 2¹ × 79¹ × 457¹

Step-3: Factors of 72194

List of positive integer factors of 72194 that divides 72194 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36097

Step-4: Factors of 72206

List of positive integer factors of 72206 that divides 72194 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 457, 914, 36103

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72194 and 72206. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72194 and 72206 is 2.

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