What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78931 and 78943?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78931 and 78943 is 1.

GCF(78931,78943) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78931 and 78943, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78931 and 78943.

How to find the GCF of 78931 and 78943?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78931 and 78943. After we will calculate the factors of 78931 and 78943 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78931

Prime factors of 78931 are 17, 4643. Prime factorization of 78931 in exponential form is:

78931 = 17¹ × 4643¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78943

Prime factors of 78943 are 89, 887. Prime factorization of 78943 in exponential form is:

78943 = 89¹ × 887¹

Step-3: Factors of 78931

List of positive integer factors of 78931 that divides 78931 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4643

Step-4: Factors of 78943

List of positive integer factors of 78943 that divides 78931 without a remainder.

1, 89, 887

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78931 and 78943. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78931 and 78943 is 1.

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