What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79975 and 79986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79975 and 79986 is 1.

GCF(79975,79986) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79975 and 79986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79975 and 79986.

How to find the GCF of 79975 and 79986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79975 and 79986. After we will calculate the factors of 79975 and 79986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79975

Prime factors of 79975 are 5, 7, 457. Prime factorization of 79975 in exponential form is:

79975 = 5² × 7¹ × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79986

Prime factors of 79986 are 2, 3, 13331. Prime factorization of 79986 in exponential form is:

79986 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13331¹

Step-3: Factors of 79975

List of positive integer factors of 79975 that divides 79975 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 175, 457, 2285, 3199, 11425, 15995

Step-4: Factors of 79986

List of positive integer factors of 79986 that divides 79975 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13331, 26662, 39993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79975 and 79986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79975 and 79986 is 1.

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