What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79973 and 79985?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79973 and 79985 is 1.

GCF(79973,79985) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79973 and 79985, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79973 and 79985.

How to find the GCF of 79973 and 79985?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79973 and 79985. After we will calculate the factors of 79973 and 79985 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79973

Prime factors of 79973 are 79973. Prime factorization of 79973 in exponential form is:

79973 = 79973¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79985

Prime factors of 79985 are 5, 17, 941. Prime factorization of 79985 in exponential form is:

79985 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 941¹

Step-3: Factors of 79973

List of positive integer factors of 79973 that divides 79973 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 79985

List of positive integer factors of 79985 that divides 79973 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 941, 4705, 15997

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79973 and 79985. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79973 and 79985 is 1.

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