What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7973 and 7989?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7973 and 7989 is 1.

GCF(7973,7989) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7973 and 7989, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7973 and 7989.

How to find the GCF of 7973 and 7989?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7973 and 7989. After we will calculate the factors of 7973 and 7989 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7973

Prime factors of 7973 are 7, 17, 67. Prime factorization of 7973 in exponential form is:

7973 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7989

Prime factors of 7989 are 3, 2663. Prime factorization of 7989 in exponential form is:

7989 = 3¹ × 2663¹

Step-3: Factors of 7973

List of positive integer factors of 7973 that divides 7973 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 67, 119, 469, 1139

Step-4: Factors of 7989

List of positive integer factors of 7989 that divides 7973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 2663

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7973 and 7989. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7973 and 7989 is 1.

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