What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50843 and 50862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50843 and 50862 is 1.

GCF(50843,50862) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50843 and 50862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50843 and 50862.

How to find the GCF of 50843 and 50862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50843 and 50862. After we will calculate the factors of 50843 and 50862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50843

Prime factors of 50843 are 13, 3911. Prime factorization of 50843 in exponential form is:

50843 = 13¹ × 3911¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50862

Prime factors of 50862 are 2, 3, 7, 173. Prime factorization of 50862 in exponential form is:

50862 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7² × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 50843

List of positive integer factors of 50843 that divides 50843 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3911

Step-4: Factors of 50862

List of positive integer factors of 50862 that divides 50843 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 49, 98, 147, 173, 294, 346, 519, 1038, 1211, 2422, 3633, 7266, 8477, 16954, 25431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50843 and 50862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50843 and 50862 is 1.

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