What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85942 and 85949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85942 and 85949 is 1.

GCF(85942,85949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85942 and 85949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85942 and 85949.

How to find the GCF of 85942 and 85949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85942 and 85949. After we will calculate the factors of 85942 and 85949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85942

Prime factors of 85942 are 2, 97, 443. Prime factorization of 85942 in exponential form is:

85942 = 2¹ × 97¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85949

Prime factors of 85949 are 61, 1409. Prime factorization of 85949 in exponential form is:

85949 = 61¹ × 1409¹

Step-3: Factors of 85942

List of positive integer factors of 85942 that divides 85942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 97, 194, 443, 886, 42971

Step-4: Factors of 85949

List of positive integer factors of 85949 that divides 85942 without a remainder.

1, 61, 1409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85942 and 85949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85942 and 85949 is 1.

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