What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78693 and 78711?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78693 and 78711 is 3.

GCF(78693,78711) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78693 and 78711, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78693 and 78711.

How to find the GCF of 78693 and 78711?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78693 and 78711. After we will calculate the factors of 78693 and 78711 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78693

Prime factors of 78693 are 3, 17, 1543. Prime factorization of 78693 in exponential form is:

78693 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78711

Prime factors of 78711 are 3, 26237. Prime factorization of 78711 in exponential form is:

78711 = 3¹ × 26237¹

Step-3: Factors of 78693

List of positive integer factors of 78693 that divides 78693 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1543, 4629, 26231

Step-4: Factors of 78711

List of positive integer factors of 78711 that divides 78693 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26237

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78693 and 78711. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78693 and 78711 is 3.

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