What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79742 and 79759?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79742 and 79759 is 1.

GCF(79742,79759) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79742 and 79759, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79742 and 79759.

How to find the GCF of 79742 and 79759?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79742 and 79759. After we will calculate the factors of 79742 and 79759 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79742

Prime factors of 79742 are 2, 13, 3067. Prime factorization of 79742 in exponential form is:

79742 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3067¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79759

Prime factors of 79759 are 47, 1697. Prime factorization of 79759 in exponential form is:

79759 = 47¹ × 1697¹

Step-3: Factors of 79742

List of positive integer factors of 79742 that divides 79742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3067, 6134, 39871

Step-4: Factors of 79759

List of positive integer factors of 79759 that divides 79742 without a remainder.

1, 47, 1697

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79742 and 79759. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79742 and 79759 is 1.

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