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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9742 and 9746?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9742 and 9746 is 2.

GCF(9742,9746) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9742 and 9746, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9742 and 9746.

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How to find the GCF of 9742 and 9746?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9742 and 9746. After we will calculate the factors of 9742 and 9746 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9742

Prime factors of 9742 are 2, 4871. Prime factorization of 9742 in exponential form is:

9742 = 21 × 48711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9746

Prime factors of 9746 are 2, 11, 443. Prime factorization of 9746 in exponential form is:

9746 = 21 × 111 × 4431

Step-3: Factors of 9742

List of positive integer factors of 9742 that divides 9742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4871

Step-4: Factors of 9746

List of positive integer factors of 9746 that divides 9742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 443, 886, 4873

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9742 and 9746. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9742 and 9746 is 2.

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