What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74530 and 74549?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74530 and 74549 is 1.

GCF(74530,74549) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74530 and 74549, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74530 and 74549.

How to find the GCF of 74530 and 74549?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74530 and 74549. After we will calculate the factors of 74530 and 74549 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74530

Prime factors of 74530 are 2, 5, 29, 257. Prime factorization of 74530 in exponential form is:

74530 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74549

Prime factors of 74549 are 127, 587. Prime factorization of 74549 in exponential form is:

74549 = 127¹ × 587¹

Step-3: Factors of 74530

List of positive integer factors of 74530 that divides 74530 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 29, 58, 145, 257, 290, 514, 1285, 2570, 7453, 14906, 37265

Step-4: Factors of 74549

List of positive integer factors of 74549 that divides 74530 without a remainder.

1, 127, 587

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74530 and 74549. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74530 and 74549 is 1.

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