What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78851 and 78859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78851 and 78859 is 1.

GCF(78851,78859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78851 and 78859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78851 and 78859.

How to find the GCF of 78851 and 78859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78851 and 78859. After we will calculate the factors of 78851 and 78859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78851

Prime factors of 78851 are 29, 2719. Prime factorization of 78851 in exponential form is:

78851 = 29¹ × 2719¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78859

Prime factors of 78859 are 11, 67, 107. Prime factorization of 78859 in exponential form is:

78859 = 11¹ × 67¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 78851

List of positive integer factors of 78851 that divides 78851 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2719

Step-4: Factors of 78859

List of positive integer factors of 78859 that divides 78851 without a remainder.

1, 11, 67, 107, 737, 1177, 7169

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78851 and 78859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78851 and 78859 is 1.

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