What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78602 and 78609?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78602 and 78609 is 1.

GCF(78602,78609) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78602 and 78609, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78602 and 78609.

How to find the GCF of 78602 and 78609?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78602 and 78609. After we will calculate the factors of 78602 and 78609 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78602

Prime factors of 78602 are 2, 39301. Prime factorization of 78602 in exponential form is:

78602 = 2¹ × 39301¹

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 78602

List of positive integer factors of 78602 that divides 78602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39301

Step-4: Factors of 78609

List of positive integer factors of 78609 that divides 78602 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78602 and 78609. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78602 and 78609 is 1.

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