What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78424 and 78429?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78424 and 78429 is 1.

GCF(78424,78429) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78424 and 78429, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78424 and 78429.

How to find the GCF of 78424 and 78429?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78424 and 78429. After we will calculate the factors of 78424 and 78429 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78424

Prime factors of 78424 are 2, 9803. Prime factorization of 78424 in exponential form is:

78424 = 2³ × 9803¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78429

Prime factors of 78429 are 3, 13, 2011. Prime factorization of 78429 in exponential form is:

78429 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 2011¹

Step-3: Factors of 78424

List of positive integer factors of 78424 that divides 78424 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9803, 19606, 39212

Step-4: Factors of 78429

List of positive integer factors of 78429 that divides 78424 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 2011, 6033, 26143

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78424 and 78429. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78424 and 78429 is 1.

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