What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78594 and 78609?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78594 and 78609 is 3.

GCF(78594,78609) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78594 and 78609, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78594 and 78609.

How to find the GCF of 78594 and 78609?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78594 and 78609. After we will calculate the factors of 78594 and 78609 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78594

Prime factors of 78594 are 2, 3, 13099. Prime factorization of 78594 in exponential form is:

78594 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13099¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78609

Prime factors of 78609 are 3, 26203. Prime factorization of 78609 in exponential form is:

78609 = 3¹ × 26203¹

Step-3: Factors of 78594

List of positive integer factors of 78594 that divides 78594 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13099, 26198, 39297

Step-4: Factors of 78609

List of positive integer factors of 78609 that divides 78594 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78594 and 78609. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78594 and 78609 is 3.

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