What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78565 and 78579?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78565 and 78579 is 1.

GCF(78565,78579) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78565 and 78579, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78565 and 78579.

How to find the GCF of 78565 and 78579?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78565 and 78579. After we will calculate the factors of 78565 and 78579 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78565

Prime factors of 78565 are 5, 19, 827. Prime factorization of 78565 in exponential form is:

78565 = 5¹ × 19¹ × 827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78579

Prime factors of 78579 are 3, 8731. Prime factorization of 78579 in exponential form is:

78579 = 3² × 8731¹

Step-3: Factors of 78565

List of positive integer factors of 78565 that divides 78565 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 95, 827, 4135, 15713

Step-4: Factors of 78579

List of positive integer factors of 78579 that divides 78565 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8731, 26193

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78565 and 78579. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78565 and 78579 is 1.

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