What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79622 and 79642?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79622 and 79642 is 2.

GCF(79622,79642) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79622 and 79642, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79622 and 79642.

How to find the GCF of 79622 and 79642?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79622 and 79642. After we will calculate the factors of 79622 and 79642 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79622

Prime factors of 79622 are 2, 41, 971. Prime factorization of 79622 in exponential form is:

79622 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79642

Prime factors of 79642 are 2, 39821. Prime factorization of 79642 in exponential form is:

79642 = 2¹ × 39821¹

Step-3: Factors of 79622

List of positive integer factors of 79622 that divides 79622 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 971, 1942, 39811

Step-4: Factors of 79642

List of positive integer factors of 79642 that divides 79622 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39821

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79622 and 79642. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79622 and 79642 is 2.

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