What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79173 and 79179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79173 and 79179 is 3.

GCF(79173,79179) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79173 and 79179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79173 and 79179.

How to find the GCF of 79173 and 79179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79173 and 79179. After we will calculate the factors of 79173 and 79179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79173

Prime factors of 79173 are 3, 19, 463. Prime factorization of 79173 in exponential form is:

79173 = 3² × 19¹ × 463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79179

Prime factors of 79179 are 3, 26393. Prime factorization of 79179 in exponential form is:

79179 = 3¹ × 26393¹

Step-3: Factors of 79173

List of positive integer factors of 79173 that divides 79173 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 57, 171, 463, 1389, 4167, 8797, 26391

Step-4: Factors of 79179

List of positive integer factors of 79179 that divides 79173 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79173 and 79179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79173 and 79179 is 3.

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