What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73959 and 73979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73959 and 73979 is 1.

GCF(73959,73979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73959 and 73979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73959 and 73979.

How to find the GCF of 73959 and 73979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73959 and 73979. After we will calculate the factors of 73959 and 73979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73959

Prime factors of 73959 are 3, 89, 277. Prime factorization of 73959 in exponential form is:

73959 = 3¹ × 89¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73979

Prime factors of 73979 are 29, 2551. Prime factorization of 73979 in exponential form is:

73979 = 29¹ × 2551¹

Step-3: Factors of 73959

List of positive integer factors of 73959 that divides 73959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 89, 267, 277, 831, 24653

Step-4: Factors of 73979

List of positive integer factors of 73979 that divides 73959 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2551

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73959 and 73979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73959 and 73979 is 1.

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