What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79942 and 79949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79942 and 79949 is 1.

GCF(79942,79949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79942 and 79949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79942 and 79949.

How to find the GCF of 79942 and 79949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79942 and 79949. After we will calculate the factors of 79942 and 79949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79942

Prime factors of 79942 are 2, 39971. Prime factorization of 79942 in exponential form is:

79942 = 2¹ × 39971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79949

Prime factors of 79949 are 31, 2579. Prime factorization of 79949 in exponential form is:

79949 = 31¹ × 2579¹

Step-3: Factors of 79942

List of positive integer factors of 79942 that divides 79942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39971

Step-4: Factors of 79949

List of positive integer factors of 79949 that divides 79942 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2579

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79942 and 79949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79942 and 79949 is 1.

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