What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72942 and 72951?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72942 and 72951 is 3.

GCF(72942,72951) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72942 and 72951, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72942 and 72951.

How to find the GCF of 72942 and 72951?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72942 and 72951. After we will calculate the factors of 72942 and 72951 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72942

Prime factors of 72942 are 2, 3, 12157. Prime factorization of 72942 in exponential form is:

72942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72951

Prime factors of 72951 are 3, 24317. Prime factorization of 72951 in exponential form is:

72951 = 3¹ × 24317¹

Step-3: Factors of 72942

List of positive integer factors of 72942 that divides 72942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12157, 24314, 36471

Step-4: Factors of 72951

List of positive integer factors of 72951 that divides 72942 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24317

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72942 and 72951. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72942 and 72951 is 3.

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