What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78422 and 78434?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78422 and 78434 is 2.

GCF(78422,78434) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78422 and 78434, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78422 and 78434.

How to find the GCF of 78422 and 78434?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78422 and 78434. After we will calculate the factors of 78422 and 78434 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78422

Prime factors of 78422 are 2, 113, 347. Prime factorization of 78422 in exponential form is:

78422 = 2¹ × 113¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78434

Prime factors of 78434 are 2, 39217. Prime factorization of 78434 in exponential form is:

78434 = 2¹ × 39217¹

Step-3: Factors of 78422

List of positive integer factors of 78422 that divides 78422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 113, 226, 347, 694, 39211

Step-4: Factors of 78434

List of positive integer factors of 78434 that divides 78422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39217

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78422 and 78434. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78422 and 78434 is 2.

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