What is the Greatest Common Factor of 93982 and 93986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 93982 and 93986 is 2.

GCF(93982,93986) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 93982 and 93986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 93982 and 93986.

How to find the GCF of 93982 and 93986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 93982 and 93986. After we will calculate the factors of 93982 and 93986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 93982

Prime factors of 93982 are 2, 7, 137. Prime factorization of 93982 in exponential form is:

93982 = 2¹ × 7³ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 93986

Prime factors of 93986 are 2, 46993. Prime factorization of 93986 in exponential form is:

93986 = 2¹ × 46993¹

Step-3: Factors of 93982

List of positive integer factors of 93982 that divides 93982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 137, 274, 343, 686, 959, 1918, 6713, 13426, 46991

Step-4: Factors of 93986

List of positive integer factors of 93986 that divides 93982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 46993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 93982 and 93986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 93982 and 93986 is 2.

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