What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74941 and 74961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74941 and 74961 is 1.

GCF(74941,74961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74941 and 74961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74941 and 74961.

How to find the GCF of 74941 and 74961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74941 and 74961. After we will calculate the factors of 74941 and 74961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74941

Prime factors of 74941 are 74941. Prime factorization of 74941 in exponential form is:

74941 = 74941¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74961

Prime factors of 74961 are 3, 8329. Prime factorization of 74961 in exponential form is:

74961 = 3² × 8329¹

Step-3: Factors of 74941

List of positive integer factors of 74941 that divides 74941 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 74961

List of positive integer factors of 74961 that divides 74941 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8329, 24987

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74941 and 74961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74941 and 74961 is 1.

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