What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74959 and 74971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74959 and 74971 is 1.

GCF(74959,74971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74959 and 74971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74959 and 74971.

How to find the GCF of 74959 and 74971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74959 and 74971. After we will calculate the factors of 74959 and 74971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74959

Prime factors of 74959 are 74959. Prime factorization of 74959 in exponential form is:

74959 = 74959¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74971

Prime factors of 74971 are 13, 73, 79. Prime factorization of 74971 in exponential form is:

74971 = 13¹ × 73¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 74959

List of positive integer factors of 74959 that divides 74959 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 74971

List of positive integer factors of 74971 that divides 74959 without a remainder.

1, 13, 73, 79, 949, 1027, 5767

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74959 and 74971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74959 and 74971 is 1.

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