What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77578 and 77582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77578 and 77582 is 2.

GCF(77578,77582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77578 and 77582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77578 and 77582.

How to find the GCF of 77578 and 77582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77578 and 77582. After we will calculate the factors of 77578 and 77582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77578

Prime factors of 77578 are 2, 79, 491. Prime factorization of 77578 in exponential form is:

77578 = 2¹ × 79¹ × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77582

Prime factors of 77582 are 2, 38791. Prime factorization of 77582 in exponential form is:

77582 = 2¹ × 38791¹

Step-3: Factors of 77578

List of positive integer factors of 77578 that divides 77578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 491, 982, 38789

Step-4: Factors of 77582

List of positive integer factors of 77582 that divides 77578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 38791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77578 and 77582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77578 and 77582 is 2.

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