What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50659 and 50678?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50659 and 50678 is 1.

GCF(50659,50678) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50659 and 50678, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50659 and 50678.

How to find the GCF of 50659 and 50678?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50659 and 50678. After we will calculate the factors of 50659 and 50678 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50659

Prime factors of 50659 are 7, 7237. Prime factorization of 50659 in exponential form is:

50659 = 7¹ × 7237¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50678

Prime factors of 50678 are 2, 25339. Prime factorization of 50678 in exponential form is:

50678 = 2¹ × 25339¹

Step-3: Factors of 50659

List of positive integer factors of 50659 that divides 50659 without a remainder.

1, 7, 7237

Step-4: Factors of 50678

List of positive integer factors of 50678 that divides 50659 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50659 and 50678. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50659 and 50678 is 1.

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