What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78973 and 78986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78973 and 78986 is 1.

GCF(78973,78986) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78973 and 78986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78973 and 78986.

How to find the GCF of 78973 and 78986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78973 and 78986. After we will calculate the factors of 78973 and 78986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78973

Prime factors of 78973 are 151, 523. Prime factorization of 78973 in exponential form is:

78973 = 151¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78986

Prime factors of 78986 are 2, 73, 541. Prime factorization of 78986 in exponential form is:

78986 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 78973

List of positive integer factors of 78973 that divides 78973 without a remainder.

1, 151, 523

Step-4: Factors of 78986

List of positive integer factors of 78986 that divides 78973 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 541, 1082, 39493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78973 and 78986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78973 and 78986 is 1.

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