What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79042 and 79059?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79042 and 79059 is 1.

GCF(79042,79059) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79042 and 79059, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79042 and 79059.

How to find the GCF of 79042 and 79059?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79042 and 79059. After we will calculate the factors of 79042 and 79059 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79042

Prime factors of 79042 are 2, 39521. Prime factorization of 79042 in exponential form is:

79042 = 2¹ × 39521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79059

Prime factors of 79059 are 3, 19, 73. Prime factorization of 79059 in exponential form is:

79059 = 3¹ × 19² × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 79042

List of positive integer factors of 79042 that divides 79042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39521

Step-4: Factors of 79059

List of positive integer factors of 79059 that divides 79042 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 73, 219, 361, 1083, 1387, 4161, 26353

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79042 and 79059. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79042 and 79059 is 1.

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