What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77886 and 77901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77886 and 77901 is 3.

GCF(77886,77901) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77886 and 77901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77886 and 77901.

How to find the GCF of 77886 and 77901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77886 and 77901. After we will calculate the factors of 77886 and 77901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77886

Prime factors of 77886 are 2, 3, 4327. Prime factorization of 77886 in exponential form is:

77886 = 2¹ × 3² × 4327¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77901

Prime factors of 77901 are 3, 23, 1129. Prime factorization of 77901 in exponential form is:

77901 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 1129¹

Step-3: Factors of 77886

List of positive integer factors of 77886 that divides 77886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 4327, 8654, 12981, 25962, 38943

Step-4: Factors of 77901

List of positive integer factors of 77901 that divides 77886 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 1129, 3387, 25967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77886 and 77901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77886 and 77901 is 3.

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