What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75942 and 75961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75942 and 75961 is 1.

GCF(75942,75961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75942 and 75961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75942 and 75961.

How to find the GCF of 75942 and 75961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75942 and 75961. After we will calculate the factors of 75942 and 75961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75942

Prime factors of 75942 are 2, 3, 4219. Prime factorization of 75942 in exponential form is:

75942 = 2¹ × 3² × 4219¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75961

Prime factors of 75961 are 37, 2053. Prime factorization of 75961 in exponential form is:

75961 = 37¹ × 2053¹

Step-3: Factors of 75942

List of positive integer factors of 75942 that divides 75942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 4219, 8438, 12657, 25314, 37971

Step-4: Factors of 75961

List of positive integer factors of 75961 that divides 75942 without a remainder.

1, 37, 2053

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 75942 and 75961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75942 and 75961 is 1.

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