What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78472 and 78491?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78472 and 78491 is 1.

GCF(78472,78491) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78472 and 78491, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78472 and 78491.

How to find the GCF of 78472 and 78491?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78472 and 78491. After we will calculate the factors of 78472 and 78491 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78472

Prime factors of 78472 are 2, 17, 577. Prime factorization of 78472 in exponential form is:

78472 = 2³ × 17¹ × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78491

Prime factors of 78491 are 7, 11213. Prime factorization of 78491 in exponential form is:

78491 = 7¹ × 11213¹

Step-3: Factors of 78472

List of positive integer factors of 78472 that divides 78472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 577, 1154, 2308, 4616, 9809, 19618, 39236

Step-4: Factors of 78491

List of positive integer factors of 78491 that divides 78472 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11213

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78472 and 78491. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78472 and 78491 is 1.

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