What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79546 and 79562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79546 and 79562 is 2.

GCF(79546,79562) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79546 and 79562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79546 and 79562.

How to find the GCF of 79546 and 79562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79546 and 79562. After we will calculate the factors of 79546 and 79562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79546

Prime factors of 79546 are 2, 31, 1283. Prime factorization of 79546 in exponential form is:

79546 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 1283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79562

Prime factors of 79562 are 2, 7, 5683. Prime factorization of 79562 in exponential form is:

79562 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 5683¹

Step-3: Factors of 79546

List of positive integer factors of 79546 that divides 79546 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 1283, 2566, 39773

Step-4: Factors of 79562

List of positive integer factors of 79562 that divides 79546 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 5683, 11366, 39781

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79546 and 79562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79546 and 79562 is 2.

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