What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73931 and 73946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73931 and 73946 is 1.

GCF(73931,73946) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73931 and 73946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73931 and 73946.

How to find the GCF of 73931 and 73946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73931 and 73946. After we will calculate the factors of 73931 and 73946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73931

Prime factors of 73931 are 11, 13, 47. Prime factorization of 73931 in exponential form is:

73931 = 11² × 13¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73946

Prime factors of 73946 are 2, 36973. Prime factorization of 73946 in exponential form is:

73946 = 2¹ × 36973¹

Step-3: Factors of 73931

List of positive integer factors of 73931 that divides 73931 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 47, 121, 143, 517, 611, 1573, 5687, 6721

Step-4: Factors of 73946

List of positive integer factors of 73946 that divides 73931 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73931 and 73946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73931 and 73946 is 1.

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