What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78549 and 78558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78549 and 78558 is 3.

GCF(78549,78558) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78549 and 78558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78549 and 78558.

How to find the GCF of 78549 and 78558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78549 and 78558. After we will calculate the factors of 78549 and 78558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78549

Prime factors of 78549 are 3, 26183. Prime factorization of 78549 in exponential form is:

78549 = 3¹ × 26183¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78558

Prime factors of 78558 are 2, 3, 13093. Prime factorization of 78558 in exponential form is:

78558 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13093¹

Step-3: Factors of 78549

List of positive integer factors of 78549 that divides 78549 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26183

Step-4: Factors of 78558

List of positive integer factors of 78558 that divides 78549 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13093, 26186, 39279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78549 and 78558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78549 and 78558 is 3.

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