What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77842 and 77861?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77842 and 77861 is 1.

GCF(77842,77861) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77842 and 77861, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77842 and 77861.

How to find the GCF of 77842 and 77861?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77842 and 77861. After we will calculate the factors of 77842 and 77861 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77842

Prime factors of 77842 are 2, 38921. Prime factorization of 77842 in exponential form is:

77842 = 2¹ × 38921¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77861

Prime factors of 77861 are 7, 227. Prime factorization of 77861 in exponential form is:

77861 = 7³ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 77842

List of positive integer factors of 77842 that divides 77842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 38921

Step-4: Factors of 77861

List of positive integer factors of 77861 that divides 77842 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 227, 343, 1589, 11123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77842 and 77861. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77842 and 77861 is 1.

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