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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77959 and 77979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77959 and 77979 is 1.

GCF(77959,77979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77959 and 77979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77959 and 77979.

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How to find the GCF of 77959 and 77979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77959 and 77979. After we will calculate the factors of 77959 and 77979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77959

Prime factors of 77959 are 7, 37, 43. Prime factorization of 77959 in exponential form is:

77959 = 72 × 371 × 431

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77979

Prime factors of 77979 are 3, 11, 17, 139. Prime factorization of 77979 in exponential form is:

77979 = 31 × 111 × 171 × 1391

Step-3: Factors of 77959

List of positive integer factors of 77959 that divides 77959 without a remainder.

1, 7, 37, 43, 49, 259, 301, 1591, 1813, 2107, 11137

Step-4: Factors of 77979

List of positive integer factors of 77979 that divides 77959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 17, 33, 51, 139, 187, 417, 561, 1529, 2363, 4587, 7089, 25993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77959 and 77979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77959 and 77979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77959 and 77979