What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84578 and 84596?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84578 and 84596 is 2.

GCF(84578,84596) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84578 and 84596, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84578 and 84596.

How to find the GCF of 84578 and 84596?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84578 and 84596. After we will calculate the factors of 84578 and 84596 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84578

Prime factors of 84578 are 2, 13, 3253. Prime factorization of 84578 in exponential form is:

84578 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3253¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84596

Prime factors of 84596 are 2, 21149. Prime factorization of 84596 in exponential form is:

84596 = 2² × 21149¹

Step-3: Factors of 84578

List of positive integer factors of 84578 that divides 84578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3253, 6506, 42289

Step-4: Factors of 84596

List of positive integer factors of 84596 that divides 84578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21149, 42298

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84578 and 84596. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84578 and 84596 is 2.

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