What is the Greatest Common Factor of 96542 and 96551?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 96542 and 96551 is 1.

GCF(96542,96551) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 96542 and 96551, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 96542 and 96551.

How to find the GCF of 96542 and 96551?

We will first find the prime factorization of 96542 and 96551. After we will calculate the factors of 96542 and 96551 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 96542

Prime factors of 96542 are 2, 48271. Prime factorization of 96542 in exponential form is:

96542 = 2¹ × 48271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 96551

Prime factors of 96551 are 7, 13, 1061. Prime factorization of 96551 in exponential form is:

96551 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 1061¹

Step-3: Factors of 96542

List of positive integer factors of 96542 that divides 96542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 48271

Step-4: Factors of 96551

List of positive integer factors of 96551 that divides 96542 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 1061, 7427, 13793

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 96542 and 96551. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 96542 and 96551 is 1.

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