What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74502 and 74521?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74502 and 74521 is 1.

GCF(74502,74521) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74502 and 74521, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74502 and 74521.

How to find the GCF of 74502 and 74521?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74502 and 74521. After we will calculate the factors of 74502 and 74521 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74502

Prime factors of 74502 are 2, 3, 4139. Prime factorization of 74502 in exponential form is:

74502 = 2¹ × 3² × 4139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74521

Prime factors of 74521 are 74521. Prime factorization of 74521 in exponential form is:

74521 = 74521¹

Step-3: Factors of 74502

List of positive integer factors of 74502 that divides 74502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 4139, 8278, 12417, 24834, 37251

Step-4: Factors of 74521

List of positive integer factors of 74521 that divides 74502 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74502 and 74521. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74502 and 74521 is 1.

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