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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8401 and 8421?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8401 and 8421 is 1.

GCF(8401,8421) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8401 and 8421, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8401 and 8421.

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How to find the GCF of 8401 and 8421?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8401 and 8421. After we will calculate the factors of 8401 and 8421 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8401

Prime factors of 8401 are 31, 271. Prime factorization of 8401 in exponential form is:

8401 = 311 × 2711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8421

Prime factors of 8421 are 3, 7, 401. Prime factorization of 8421 in exponential form is:

8421 = 31 × 71 × 4011

Step-3: Factors of 8401

List of positive integer factors of 8401 that divides 8401 without a remainder.

1, 31, 271

Step-4: Factors of 8421

List of positive integer factors of 8421 that divides 8401 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 401, 1203, 2807

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8401 and 8421. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8401 and 8421 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8401 and 8421