What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73874 and 73885?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73874 and 73885 is 1.

GCF(73874,73885) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73874 and 73885, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73874 and 73885.

How to find the GCF of 73874 and 73885?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73874 and 73885. After we will calculate the factors of 73874 and 73885 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73874

Prime factors of 73874 are 2, 43, 859. Prime factorization of 73874 in exponential form is:

73874 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73885

Prime factors of 73885 are 5, 7, 2111. Prime factorization of 73885 in exponential form is:

73885 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 2111¹

Step-3: Factors of 73874

List of positive integer factors of 73874 that divides 73874 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 859, 1718, 36937

Step-4: Factors of 73885

List of positive integer factors of 73885 that divides 73874 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 2111, 10555, 14777

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73874 and 73885. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73874 and 73885 is 1.

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