What is the Greatest Common Factor of 26401 and 26409?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 26401 and 26409 is 1.

GCF(26401,26409) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 26401 and 26409, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 26401 and 26409.

How to find the GCF of 26401 and 26409?

We will first find the prime factorization of 26401 and 26409. After we will calculate the factors of 26401 and 26409 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 26401

Prime factors of 26401 are 17, 1553. Prime factorization of 26401 in exponential form is:

26401 = 17¹ × 1553¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 26409

Prime factors of 26409 are 3, 8803. Prime factorization of 26409 in exponential form is:

26409 = 3¹ × 8803¹

Step-3: Factors of 26401

List of positive integer factors of 26401 that divides 26401 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1553

Step-4: Factors of 26409

List of positive integer factors of 26409 that divides 26401 without a remainder.

1, 3, 8803

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 26401 and 26409. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 26401 and 26409 is 1.

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