What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78566 and 78572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78566 and 78572 is 2.

GCF(78566,78572) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78566 and 78572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78566 and 78572.

How to find the GCF of 78566 and 78572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78566 and 78572. After we will calculate the factors of 78566 and 78572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78566

Prime factors of 78566 are 2, 163, 241. Prime factorization of 78566 in exponential form is:

78566 = 2¹ × 163¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78572

Prime factors of 78572 are 2, 13, 1511. Prime factorization of 78572 in exponential form is:

78572 = 2² × 13¹ × 1511¹

Step-3: Factors of 78566

List of positive integer factors of 78566 that divides 78566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 163, 241, 326, 482, 39283

Step-4: Factors of 78572

List of positive integer factors of 78572 that divides 78566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1511, 3022, 6044, 19643, 39286

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78566 and 78572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78566 and 78572 is 2.

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