What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75887 and 75901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75887 and 75901 is 7.

GCF(75887,75901) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75887 and 75901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75887 and 75901.

How to find the GCF of 75887 and 75901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75887 and 75901. After we will calculate the factors of 75887 and 75901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75887

Prime factors of 75887 are 7, 37, 293. Prime factorization of 75887 in exponential form is:

75887 = 7¹ × 37¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75901

Prime factors of 75901 are 7, 1549. Prime factorization of 75901 in exponential form is:

75901 = 7² × 1549¹

Step-3: Factors of 75887

List of positive integer factors of 75887 that divides 75887 without a remainder.

1, 7, 37, 259, 293, 2051, 10841

Step-4: Factors of 75901

List of positive integer factors of 75901 that divides 75887 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 1549, 10843

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 75887 and 75901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75887 and 75901 is 7.

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