What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74426 and 74434?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74426 and 74434 is 2.

GCF(74426,74434) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74426 and 74434, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74426 and 74434.

How to find the GCF of 74426 and 74434?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74426 and 74434. After we will calculate the factors of 74426 and 74434 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74426

Prime factors of 74426 are 2, 11, 17, 199. Prime factorization of 74426 in exponential form is:

74426 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74434

Prime factors of 74434 are 2, 37217. Prime factorization of 74434 in exponential form is:

74434 = 2¹ × 37217¹

Step-3: Factors of 74426

List of positive integer factors of 74426 that divides 74426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 34, 187, 199, 374, 398, 2189, 3383, 4378, 6766, 37213

Step-4: Factors of 74434

List of positive integer factors of 74434 that divides 74426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37217

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74426 and 74434. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74426 and 74434 is 2.

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