What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78296 and 78302?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78296 and 78302 is 2.

GCF(78296,78302) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78296 and 78302, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78296 and 78302.

How to find the GCF of 78296 and 78302?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78296 and 78302. After we will calculate the factors of 78296 and 78302 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78296

Prime factors of 78296 are 2, 9787. Prime factorization of 78296 in exponential form is:

78296 = 2³ × 9787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78302

Prime factors of 78302 are 2, 7, 17, 47. Prime factorization of 78302 in exponential form is:

78302 = 2¹ × 7² × 17¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 78296

List of positive integer factors of 78296 that divides 78296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9787, 19574, 39148

Step-4: Factors of 78302

List of positive integer factors of 78302 that divides 78296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 47, 49, 94, 98, 119, 238, 329, 658, 799, 833, 1598, 1666, 2303, 4606, 5593, 11186, 39151

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78296 and 78302. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78296 and 78302 is 2.

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