What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74975 and 74986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74975 and 74986 is 1.

GCF(74975,74986) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74975 and 74986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74975 and 74986.

How to find the GCF of 74975 and 74986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74975 and 74986. After we will calculate the factors of 74975 and 74986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74975

Prime factors of 74975 are 5, 2999. Prime factorization of 74975 in exponential form is:

74975 = 5² × 2999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74986

Prime factors of 74986 are 2, 37493. Prime factorization of 74986 in exponential form is:

74986 = 2¹ × 37493¹

Step-3: Factors of 74975

List of positive integer factors of 74975 that divides 74975 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 2999, 14995

Step-4: Factors of 74986

List of positive integer factors of 74986 that divides 74975 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74975 and 74986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74975 and 74986 is 1.

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