What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84734 and 84738?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84734 and 84738 is 2.

GCF(84734,84738) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84734 and 84738, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84734 and 84738.

How to find the GCF of 84734 and 84738?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84734 and 84738. After we will calculate the factors of 84734 and 84738 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84734

Prime factors of 84734 are 2, 13, 3259. Prime factorization of 84734 in exponential form is:

84734 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3259¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84738

Prime factors of 84738 are 2, 3, 29, 487. Prime factorization of 84738 in exponential form is:

84738 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 487¹

Step-3: Factors of 84734

List of positive integer factors of 84734 that divides 84734 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3259, 6518, 42367

Step-4: Factors of 84738

List of positive integer factors of 84738 that divides 84734 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 487, 974, 1461, 2922, 14123, 28246, 42369

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84734 and 84738. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84734 and 84738 is 2.

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