What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78415 and 78421?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78415 and 78421 is 1.

GCF(78415,78421) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78415 and 78421, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78415 and 78421.

How to find the GCF of 78415 and 78421?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78415 and 78421. After we will calculate the factors of 78415 and 78421 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78415

Prime factors of 78415 are 5, 15683. Prime factorization of 78415 in exponential form is:

78415 = 5¹ × 15683¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78421

Prime factors of 78421 are 7, 17, 659. Prime factorization of 78421 in exponential form is:

78421 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 78415

List of positive integer factors of 78415 that divides 78415 without a remainder.

1, 5, 15683

Step-4: Factors of 78421

List of positive integer factors of 78421 that divides 78415 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 659, 4613, 11203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78415 and 78421. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78415 and 78421 is 1.

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