What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73955 and 73975?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73955 and 73975 is 5.

GCF(73955,73975) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73955 and 73975, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73955 and 73975.

How to find the GCF of 73955 and 73975?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73955 and 73975. After we will calculate the factors of 73955 and 73975 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73955

Prime factors of 73955 are 5, 7, 2113. Prime factorization of 73955 in exponential form is:

73955 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 2113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73975

Prime factors of 73975 are 5, 11, 269. Prime factorization of 73975 in exponential form is:

73975 = 5² × 11¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 73955

List of positive integer factors of 73955 that divides 73955 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 2113, 10565, 14791

Step-4: Factors of 73975

List of positive integer factors of 73975 that divides 73955 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 25, 55, 269, 275, 1345, 2959, 6725, 14795

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73955 and 73975. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73955 and 73975 is 5.

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