What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87742 and 87759?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87742 and 87759 is 1.

GCF(87742,87759) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87742 and 87759, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87742 and 87759.

How to find the GCF of 87742 and 87759?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87742 and 87759. After we will calculate the factors of 87742 and 87759 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87742

Prime factors of 87742 are 2, 19, 2309. Prime factorization of 87742 in exponential form is:

87742 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 2309¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87759

Prime factors of 87759 are 3, 7, 199. Prime factorization of 87759 in exponential form is:

87759 = 3² × 7² × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 87742

List of positive integer factors of 87742 that divides 87742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 2309, 4618, 43871

Step-4: Factors of 87759

List of positive integer factors of 87759 that divides 87742 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 49, 63, 147, 199, 441, 597, 1393, 1791, 4179, 9751, 12537, 29253

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87742 and 87759. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87742 and 87759 is 1.

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