What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73965 and 73982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73965 and 73982 is 1.

GCF(73965,73982) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73965 and 73982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73965 and 73982.

How to find the GCF of 73965 and 73982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73965 and 73982. After we will calculate the factors of 73965 and 73982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73965

Prime factors of 73965 are 3, 5, 4931. Prime factorization of 73965 in exponential form is:

73965 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4931¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73982

Prime factors of 73982 are 2, 71, 521. Prime factorization of 73982 in exponential form is:

73982 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 73965

List of positive integer factors of 73965 that divides 73965 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4931, 14793, 24655

Step-4: Factors of 73982

List of positive integer factors of 73982 that divides 73965 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 521, 1042, 36991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73965 and 73982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73965 and 73982 is 1.

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