What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78917 and 78935?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78917 and 78935 is 1.

GCF(78917,78935) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78917 and 78935, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78917 and 78935.

How to find the GCF of 78917 and 78935?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78917 and 78935. After we will calculate the factors of 78917 and 78935 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 78935

Prime factors of 78935 are 5, 15787. Prime factorization of 78935 in exponential form is:

78935 = 5¹ × 15787¹

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 78935

List of positive integer factors of 78935 that divides 78917 without a remainder.

1, 5, 15787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78917 and 78935. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78917 and 78935 is 1.

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