What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72958 and 72962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72958 and 72962 is 2.

GCF(72958,72962) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72958 and 72962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72958 and 72962.

How to find the GCF of 72958 and 72962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72958 and 72962. After we will calculate the factors of 72958 and 72962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72958

Prime factors of 72958 are 2, 36479. Prime factorization of 72958 in exponential form is:

72958 = 2¹ × 36479¹

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 72958

List of positive integer factors of 72958 that divides 72958 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36479

Step-4: Factors of 72962

List of positive integer factors of 72962 that divides 72958 without a remainder.

1, 2, 191, 382, 36481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72958 and 72962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72958 and 72962 is 2.

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