What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72942 and 72962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72942 and 72962 is 2.

GCF(72942,72962) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72942 and 72962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72942 and 72962.

How to find the GCF of 72942 and 72962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72942 and 72962. After we will calculate the factors of 72942 and 72962 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 72962

Prime factors of 72962 are 2, 191. Prime factorization of 72962 in exponential form is:

72962 = 2¹ × 191²

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 72962

List of positive integer factors of 72962 that divides 72942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 191, 382, 36481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72942 and 72962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72942 and 72962 is 2.

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