What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75742 and 75748?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75742 and 75748 is 2.

GCF(75742,75748) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75742 and 75748, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75742 and 75748.

How to find the GCF of 75742 and 75748?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75742 and 75748. After we will calculate the factors of 75742 and 75748 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75742

Prime factors of 75742 are 2, 37871. Prime factorization of 75742 in exponential form is:

75742 = 2¹ × 37871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75748

Prime factors of 75748 are 2, 29, 653. Prime factorization of 75748 in exponential form is:

75748 = 2² × 29¹ × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 75742

List of positive integer factors of 75742 that divides 75742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37871

Step-4: Factors of 75748

List of positive integer factors of 75748 that divides 75742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 116, 653, 1306, 2612, 18937, 37874

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 75742 and 75748. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75742 and 75748 is 2.

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