What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78931 and 78947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78931 and 78947 is 1.

GCF(78931,78947) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78931 and 78947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78931 and 78947.

How to find the GCF of 78931 and 78947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78931 and 78947. After we will calculate the factors of 78931 and 78947 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 78947

Prime factors of 78947 are 11, 7177. Prime factorization of 78947 in exponential form is:

78947 = 11¹ × 7177¹

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 78947

List of positive integer factors of 78947 that divides 78931 without a remainder.

1, 11, 7177

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78931 and 78947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78931 and 78947 is 1.

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