What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74605 and 74609?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74605 and 74609 is 1.

GCF(74605,74609) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74605 and 74609, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74605 and 74609.

How to find the GCF of 74605 and 74609?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74605 and 74609. After we will calculate the factors of 74605 and 74609 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74605

Prime factors of 74605 are 5, 43, 347. Prime factorization of 74605 in exponential form is:

74605 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74609

Prime factors of 74609 are 74609. Prime factorization of 74609 in exponential form is:

74609 = 74609¹

Step-3: Factors of 74605

List of positive integer factors of 74605 that divides 74605 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 215, 347, 1735, 14921

Step-4: Factors of 74609

List of positive integer factors of 74609 that divides 74605 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74605 and 74609. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74605 and 74609 is 1.

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