What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73550 and 73564?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73550 and 73564 is 2.

GCF(73550,73564) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73550 and 73564, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73550 and 73564.

How to find the GCF of 73550 and 73564?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73550 and 73564. After we will calculate the factors of 73550 and 73564 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73550

Prime factors of 73550 are 2, 5, 1471. Prime factorization of 73550 in exponential form is:

73550 = 2¹ × 5² × 1471¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73564

Prime factors of 73564 are 2, 53, 347. Prime factorization of 73564 in exponential form is:

73564 = 2² × 53¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 73550

List of positive integer factors of 73550 that divides 73550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1471, 2942, 7355, 14710, 36775

Step-4: Factors of 73564

List of positive integer factors of 73564 that divides 73550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 53, 106, 212, 347, 694, 1388, 18391, 36782

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73550 and 73564. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73550 and 73564 is 2.

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