What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78662 and 78679?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78662 and 78679 is 1.

GCF(78662,78679) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78662 and 78679, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78662 and 78679.

How to find the GCF of 78662 and 78679?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78662 and 78679. After we will calculate the factors of 78662 and 78679 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78662

Prime factors of 78662 are 2, 37, 1063. Prime factorization of 78662 in exponential form is:

78662 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 1063¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78679

Prime factors of 78679 are 19, 41, 101. Prime factorization of 78679 in exponential form is:

78679 = 19¹ × 41¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 78662

List of positive integer factors of 78662 that divides 78662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 1063, 2126, 39331

Step-4: Factors of 78679

List of positive integer factors of 78679 that divides 78662 without a remainder.

1, 19, 41, 101, 779, 1919, 4141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78662 and 78679. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78662 and 78679 is 1.

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