What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78917 and 78922?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78917 and 78922 is 1.

GCF(78917,78922) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78917 and 78922, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78917 and 78922.

How to find the GCF of 78917 and 78922?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78917 and 78922. After we will calculate the factors of 78917 and 78922 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78917

Prime factors of 78917 are 53, 1489. Prime factorization of 78917 in exponential form is:

78917 = 53¹ × 1489¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78922

Prime factors of 78922 are 2, 39461. Prime factorization of 78922 in exponential form is:

78922 = 2¹ × 39461¹

Step-3: Factors of 78917

List of positive integer factors of 78917 that divides 78917 without a remainder.

1, 53, 1489

Step-4: Factors of 78922

List of positive integer factors of 78922 that divides 78917 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39461

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78917 and 78922. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78917 and 78922 is 1.

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