What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86398 and 86402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86398 and 86402 is 2.

GCF(86398,86402) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86398 and 86402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86398 and 86402.

How to find the GCF of 86398 and 86402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86398 and 86402. After we will calculate the factors of 86398 and 86402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86398

Prime factors of 86398 are 2, 13, 3323. Prime factorization of 86398 in exponential form is:

86398 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3323¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86402

Prime factors of 86402 are 2, 43201. Prime factorization of 86402 in exponential form is:

86402 = 2¹ × 43201¹

Step-3: Factors of 86398

List of positive integer factors of 86398 that divides 86398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3323, 6646, 43199

Step-4: Factors of 86402

List of positive integer factors of 86402 that divides 86398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86398 and 86402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86398 and 86402 is 2.

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