What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78271 and 78279?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78271 and 78279 is 1.

GCF(78271,78279) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78271 and 78279, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78271 and 78279.

How to find the GCF of 78271 and 78279?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78271 and 78279. After we will calculate the factors of 78271 and 78279 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78271

Prime factors of 78271 are 29, 2699. Prime factorization of 78271 in exponential form is:

78271 = 29¹ × 2699¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78279

Prime factors of 78279 are 3, 97, 269. Prime factorization of 78279 in exponential form is:

78279 = 3¹ × 97¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 78271

List of positive integer factors of 78271 that divides 78271 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2699

Step-4: Factors of 78279

List of positive integer factors of 78279 that divides 78271 without a remainder.

1, 3, 97, 269, 291, 807, 26093

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78271 and 78279. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78271 and 78279 is 1.

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