What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78914 and 78934?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78914 and 78934 is 2.

GCF(78914,78934) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78914 and 78934, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78914 and 78934.

How to find the GCF of 78914 and 78934?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78914 and 78934. After we will calculate the factors of 78914 and 78934 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78914

Prime factors of 78914 are 2, 11, 17, 211. Prime factorization of 78914 in exponential form is:

78914 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78934

Prime factors of 78934 are 2, 61, 647. Prime factorization of 78934 in exponential form is:

78934 = 2¹ × 61¹ × 647¹

Step-3: Factors of 78914

List of positive integer factors of 78914 that divides 78914 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 34, 187, 211, 374, 422, 2321, 3587, 4642, 7174, 39457

Step-4: Factors of 78934

List of positive integer factors of 78934 that divides 78914 without a remainder.

1, 2, 61, 122, 647, 1294, 39467

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78914 and 78934. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78914 and 78934 is 2.

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