What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78950 and 78961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78950 and 78961 is 1.

GCF(78950,78961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78950 and 78961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78950 and 78961.

How to find the GCF of 78950 and 78961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78950 and 78961. After we will calculate the factors of 78950 and 78961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78950

Prime factors of 78950 are 2, 5, 1579. Prime factorization of 78950 in exponential form is:

78950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1579¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78961

Prime factors of 78961 are 281. Prime factorization of 78961 in exponential form is:

78961 = 281²

Step-3: Factors of 78950

List of positive integer factors of 78950 that divides 78950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1579, 3158, 7895, 15790, 39475

Step-4: Factors of 78961

List of positive integer factors of 78961 that divides 78950 without a remainder.

1, 281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78950 and 78961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78950 and 78961 is 1.

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