What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73949 and 73957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73949 and 73957 is 1.

GCF(73949,73957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73949 and 73957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73949 and 73957.

How to find the GCF of 73949 and 73957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73949 and 73957. After we will calculate the factors of 73949 and 73957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73949

Prime factors of 73949 are 73, 1013. Prime factorization of 73949 in exponential form is:

73949 = 73¹ × 1013¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73957

Prime factors of 73957 are 13, 5689. Prime factorization of 73957 in exponential form is:

73957 = 13¹ × 5689¹

Step-3: Factors of 73949

List of positive integer factors of 73949 that divides 73949 without a remainder.

1, 73, 1013

Step-4: Factors of 73957

List of positive integer factors of 73957 that divides 73949 without a remainder.

1, 13, 5689

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73949 and 73957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73949 and 73957 is 1.

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