What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50863 and 50872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50863 and 50872 is 1.

GCF(50863,50872) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50863 and 50872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50863 and 50872.

How to find the GCF of 50863 and 50872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50863 and 50872. After we will calculate the factors of 50863 and 50872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50863

Prime factors of 50863 are 19, 2677. Prime factorization of 50863 in exponential form is:

50863 = 19¹ × 2677¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50872

Prime factors of 50872 are 2, 6359. Prime factorization of 50872 in exponential form is:

50872 = 2³ × 6359¹

Step-3: Factors of 50863

List of positive integer factors of 50863 that divides 50863 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2677

Step-4: Factors of 50872

List of positive integer factors of 50872 that divides 50863 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6359, 12718, 25436

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50863 and 50872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50863 and 50872 is 1.

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