What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78221 and 78237?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78221 and 78237 is 1.

GCF(78221,78237) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78221 and 78237, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78221 and 78237.

How to find the GCF of 78221 and 78237?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78221 and 78237. After we will calculate the factors of 78221 and 78237 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78221

Prime factors of 78221 are 11, 13, 547. Prime factorization of 78221 in exponential form is:

78221 = 11¹ × 13¹ × 547¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78237

Prime factors of 78237 are 3, 8693. Prime factorization of 78237 in exponential form is:

78237 = 3² × 8693¹

Step-3: Factors of 78221

List of positive integer factors of 78221 that divides 78221 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 143, 547, 6017, 7111

Step-4: Factors of 78237

List of positive integer factors of 78237 that divides 78221 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8693, 26079

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78221 and 78237. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78221 and 78237 is 1.

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