What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74731 and 74749?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74731 and 74749 is 1.

GCF(74731,74749) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74731 and 74749, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74731 and 74749.

How to find the GCF of 74731 and 74749?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74731 and 74749. After we will calculate the factors of 74731 and 74749 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74731

Prime factors of 74731 are 74731. Prime factorization of 74731 in exponential form is:

74731 = 74731¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74749

Prime factors of 74749 are 17, 4397. Prime factorization of 74749 in exponential form is:

74749 = 17¹ × 4397¹

Step-3: Factors of 74731

List of positive integer factors of 74731 that divides 74731 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 74749

List of positive integer factors of 74749 that divides 74731 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4397

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74731 and 74749. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74731 and 74749 is 1.

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