What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78729 and 78748?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78729 and 78748 is 1.

GCF(78729,78748) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78729 and 78748, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78729 and 78748.

How to find the GCF of 78729 and 78748?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78729 and 78748. After we will calculate the factors of 78729 and 78748 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78729

Prime factors of 78729 are 3, 7, 23, 163. Prime factorization of 78729 in exponential form is:

78729 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78748

Prime factors of 78748 are 2, 19687. Prime factorization of 78748 in exponential form is:

78748 = 2² × 19687¹

Step-3: Factors of 78729

List of positive integer factors of 78729 that divides 78729 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 23, 69, 161, 163, 483, 489, 1141, 3423, 3749, 11247, 26243

Step-4: Factors of 78748

List of positive integer factors of 78748 that divides 78729 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19687, 39374

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78729 and 78748. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78729 and 78748 is 1.

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