What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78862 and 78877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78862 and 78877 is 1.

GCF(78862,78877) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78862 and 78877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78862 and 78877.

How to find the GCF of 78862 and 78877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78862 and 78877. After we will calculate the factors of 78862 and 78877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78862

Prime factors of 78862 are 2, 7, 43, 131. Prime factorization of 78862 in exponential form is:

78862 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 43¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78877

Prime factors of 78877 are 78877. Prime factorization of 78877 in exponential form is:

78877 = 78877¹

Step-3: Factors of 78862

List of positive integer factors of 78862 that divides 78862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 43, 86, 131, 262, 301, 602, 917, 1834, 5633, 11266, 39431

Step-4: Factors of 78877

List of positive integer factors of 78877 that divides 78862 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78862 and 78877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78862 and 78877 is 1.

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