What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78950 and 78969?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78950 and 78969 is 1.

GCF(78950,78969) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78950 and 78969, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78950 and 78969.

How to find the GCF of 78950 and 78969?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78950 and 78969. After we will calculate the factors of 78950 and 78969 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 78969

Prime factors of 78969 are 3, 11, 2393. Prime factorization of 78969 in exponential form is:

78969 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2393¹

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 78969

List of positive integer factors of 78969 that divides 78950 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2393, 7179, 26323

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78950 and 78969. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78950 and 78969 is 1.

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