What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73445 and 73462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73445 and 73462 is 1.

GCF(73445,73462) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73445 and 73462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73445 and 73462.

How to find the GCF of 73445 and 73462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73445 and 73462. After we will calculate the factors of 73445 and 73462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73445

Prime factors of 73445 are 5, 37, 397. Prime factorization of 73445 in exponential form is:

73445 = 5¹ × 37¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73462

Prime factors of 73462 are 2, 23, 1597. Prime factorization of 73462 in exponential form is:

73462 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1597¹

Step-3: Factors of 73445

List of positive integer factors of 73445 that divides 73445 without a remainder.

1, 5, 37, 185, 397, 1985, 14689

Step-4: Factors of 73462

List of positive integer factors of 73462 that divides 73445 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1597, 3194, 36731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73445 and 73462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73445 and 73462 is 1.

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