What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98525 and 98542?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98525 and 98542 is 1.

GCF(98525,98542) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98525 and 98542, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98525 and 98542.

How to find the GCF of 98525 and 98542?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98525 and 98542. After we will calculate the factors of 98525 and 98542 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98525

Prime factors of 98525 are 5, 7, 563. Prime factorization of 98525 in exponential form is:

98525 = 5² × 7¹ × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 98542

Prime factors of 98542 are 2, 29, 1699. Prime factorization of 98542 in exponential form is:

98542 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 1699¹

Step-3: Factors of 98525

List of positive integer factors of 98525 that divides 98525 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 175, 563, 2815, 3941, 14075, 19705

Step-4: Factors of 98542

List of positive integer factors of 98542 that divides 98525 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 1699, 3398, 49271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98525 and 98542. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98525 and 98542 is 1.

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