What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78872 and 78883?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78872 and 78883 is 1.

GCF(78872,78883) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78872 and 78883, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78872 and 78883.

How to find the GCF of 78872 and 78883?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78872 and 78883. After we will calculate the factors of 78872 and 78883 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78872

Prime factors of 78872 are 2, 9859. Prime factorization of 78872 in exponential form is:

78872 = 2³ × 9859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78883

Prime factors of 78883 are 7, 59, 191. Prime factorization of 78883 in exponential form is:

78883 = 7¹ × 59¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 78872

List of positive integer factors of 78872 that divides 78872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9859, 19718, 39436

Step-4: Factors of 78883

List of positive integer factors of 78883 that divides 78872 without a remainder.

1, 7, 59, 191, 413, 1337, 11269

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78872 and 78883. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78872 and 78883 is 1.

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