What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78522 and 78531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78522 and 78531 is 3.

GCF(78522,78531) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78522 and 78531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78522 and 78531.

How to find the GCF of 78522 and 78531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78522 and 78531. After we will calculate the factors of 78522 and 78531 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78522

Prime factors of 78522 are 2, 3, 23, 569. Prime factorization of 78522 in exponential form is:

78522 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 569¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78531

Prime factors of 78531 are 3, 26177. Prime factorization of 78531 in exponential form is:

78531 = 3¹ × 26177¹

Step-3: Factors of 78522

List of positive integer factors of 78522 that divides 78522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 569, 1138, 1707, 3414, 13087, 26174, 39261

Step-4: Factors of 78531

List of positive integer factors of 78531 that divides 78522 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26177

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78522 and 78531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78522 and 78531 is 3.

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