What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78875 and 78879?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78875 and 78879 is 1.

GCF(78875,78879) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78875 and 78879, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78875 and 78879.

How to find the GCF of 78875 and 78879?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78875 and 78879. After we will calculate the factors of 78875 and 78879 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78875

Prime factors of 78875 are 5, 631. Prime factorization of 78875 in exponential form is:

78875 = 5³ × 631¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78879

Prime factors of 78879 are 3, 26293. Prime factorization of 78879 in exponential form is:

78879 = 3¹ × 26293¹

Step-3: Factors of 78875

List of positive integer factors of 78875 that divides 78875 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 125, 631, 3155, 15775

Step-4: Factors of 78879

List of positive integer factors of 78879 that divides 78875 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26293

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78875 and 78879. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78875 and 78879 is 1.

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