What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17078 and 17098?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17078 and 17098 is 2.

GCF(17078,17098) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17078 and 17098, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17078 and 17098.

How to find the GCF of 17078 and 17098?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17078 and 17098. After we will calculate the factors of 17078 and 17098 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17078

Prime factors of 17078 are 2, 8539. Prime factorization of 17078 in exponential form is:

17078 = 2¹ × 8539¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17098

Prime factors of 17098 are 2, 83, 103. Prime factorization of 17098 in exponential form is:

17098 = 2¹ × 83¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 17078

List of positive integer factors of 17078 that divides 17078 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8539

Step-4: Factors of 17098

List of positive integer factors of 17098 that divides 17078 without a remainder.

1, 2, 83, 103, 166, 206, 8549

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17078 and 17098. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17078 and 17098 is 2.

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