What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78271 and 78285?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78271 and 78285 is 1.

GCF(78271,78285) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78271 and 78285, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78271 and 78285.

How to find the GCF of 78271 and 78285?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78271 and 78285. After we will calculate the factors of 78271 and 78285 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 78285

Prime factors of 78285 are 3, 5, 17, 307. Prime factorization of 78285 in exponential form is:

78285 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 307¹

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 78285

List of positive integer factors of 78285 that divides 78271 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, 85, 255, 307, 921, 1535, 4605, 5219, 15657, 26095

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78271 and 78285. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78271 and 78285 is 1.

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