What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73130 and 73138?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73130 and 73138 is 2.

GCF(73130,73138) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73130 and 73138, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73130 and 73138.

How to find the GCF of 73130 and 73138?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73130 and 73138. After we will calculate the factors of 73130 and 73138 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73130

Prime factors of 73130 are 2, 5, 71, 103. Prime factorization of 73130 in exponential form is:

73130 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 71¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73138

Prime factors of 73138 are 2, 13, 29, 97. Prime factorization of 73138 in exponential form is:

73138 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 29¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 73130

List of positive integer factors of 73130 that divides 73130 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 71, 103, 142, 206, 355, 515, 710, 1030, 7313, 14626, 36565

Step-4: Factors of 73138

List of positive integer factors of 73138 that divides 73130 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 29, 58, 97, 194, 377, 754, 1261, 2522, 2813, 5626, 36569

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73130 and 73138. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73130 and 73138 is 2.

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