What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74871 and 74884?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74871 and 74884 is 1.

GCF(74871,74884) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74871 and 74884, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74871 and 74884.

How to find the GCF of 74871 and 74884?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74871 and 74884. After we will calculate the factors of 74871 and 74884 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74871

Prime factors of 74871 are 3, 47, 59. Prime factorization of 74871 in exponential form is:

74871 = 3³ × 47¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74884

Prime factors of 74884 are 2, 97, 193. Prime factorization of 74884 in exponential form is:

74884 = 2² × 97¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 74871

List of positive integer factors of 74871 that divides 74871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 47, 59, 141, 177, 423, 531, 1269, 1593, 2773, 8319, 24957

Step-4: Factors of 74884

List of positive integer factors of 74884 that divides 74871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 97, 193, 194, 386, 388, 772, 18721, 37442

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74871 and 74884. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74871 and 74884 is 1.

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