What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78401 and 78418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78401 and 78418 is 1.

GCF(78401,78418) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78401 and 78418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78401 and 78418.

How to find the GCF of 78401 and 78418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78401 and 78418. After we will calculate the factors of 78401 and 78418 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78401

Prime factors of 78401 are 78401. Prime factorization of 78401 in exponential form is:

78401 = 78401¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78418

Prime factors of 78418 are 2, 39209. Prime factorization of 78418 in exponential form is:

78418 = 2¹ × 39209¹

Step-3: Factors of 78401

List of positive integer factors of 78401 that divides 78401 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 78418

List of positive integer factors of 78418 that divides 78401 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39209

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78401 and 78418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78401 and 78418 is 1.

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