What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78902 and 78909?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78902 and 78909 is 1.

GCF(78902,78909) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78902 and 78909, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78902 and 78909.

How to find the GCF of 78902 and 78909?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78902 and 78909. After we will calculate the factors of 78902 and 78909 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78902

Prime factors of 78902 are 2, 39451. Prime factorization of 78902 in exponential form is:

78902 = 2¹ × 39451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78909

Prime factors of 78909 are 3, 29, 907. Prime factorization of 78909 in exponential form is:

78909 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 907¹

Step-3: Factors of 78902

List of positive integer factors of 78902 that divides 78902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39451

Step-4: Factors of 78909

List of positive integer factors of 78909 that divides 78902 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 907, 2721, 26303

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78902 and 78909. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78902 and 78909 is 1.

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