What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78586 and 78604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78586 and 78604 is 2.

GCF(78586,78604) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78586 and 78604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78586 and 78604.

How to find the GCF of 78586 and 78604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78586 and 78604. After we will calculate the factors of 78586 and 78604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78586

Prime factors of 78586 are 2, 39293. Prime factorization of 78586 in exponential form is:

78586 = 2¹ × 39293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78604

Prime factors of 78604 are 2, 43, 457. Prime factorization of 78604 in exponential form is:

78604 = 2² × 43¹ × 457¹

Step-3: Factors of 78586

List of positive integer factors of 78586 that divides 78586 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39293

Step-4: Factors of 78604

List of positive integer factors of 78604 that divides 78586 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 172, 457, 914, 1828, 19651, 39302

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78586 and 78604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78586 and 78604 is 2.

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