What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78962 and 78967?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78962 and 78967 is 1.

GCF(78962,78967) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78962 and 78967, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78962 and 78967.

How to find the GCF of 78962 and 78967?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78962 and 78967. After we will calculate the factors of 78962 and 78967 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78962

Prime factors of 78962 are 2, 13, 3037. Prime factorization of 78962 in exponential form is:

78962 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3037¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78967

Prime factors of 78967 are 7, 29, 389. Prime factorization of 78967 in exponential form is:

78967 = 7¹ × 29¹ × 389¹

Step-3: Factors of 78962

List of positive integer factors of 78962 that divides 78962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3037, 6074, 39481

Step-4: Factors of 78967

List of positive integer factors of 78967 that divides 78962 without a remainder.

1, 7, 29, 203, 389, 2723, 11281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78962 and 78967. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78962 and 78967 is 1.

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