What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78973 and 78987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78973 and 78987 is 1.

GCF(78973,78987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78973 and 78987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78973 and 78987.

How to find the GCF of 78973 and 78987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78973 and 78987. After we will calculate the factors of 78973 and 78987 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 78987

Prime factors of 78987 are 3, 113, 233. Prime factorization of 78987 in exponential form is:

78987 = 3¹ × 113¹ × 233¹

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 78987

List of positive integer factors of 78987 that divides 78973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 113, 233, 339, 699, 26329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78973 and 78987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78973 and 78987 is 1.

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