What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74559 and 74571?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74559 and 74571 is 3.

GCF(74559,74571) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74559 and 74571, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74559 and 74571.

How to find the GCF of 74559 and 74571?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74559 and 74571. After we will calculate the factors of 74559 and 74571 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74559

Prime factors of 74559 are 3, 29, 857. Prime factorization of 74559 in exponential form is:

74559 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74571

Prime factors of 74571 are 3, 7, 53, 67. Prime factorization of 74571 in exponential form is:

74571 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 53¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 74559

List of positive integer factors of 74559 that divides 74559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 857, 2571, 24853

Step-4: Factors of 74571

List of positive integer factors of 74571 that divides 74559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 53, 67, 159, 201, 371, 469, 1113, 1407, 3551, 10653, 24857

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74559 and 74571. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74559 and 74571 is 3.

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