What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84578 and 84598?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84578 and 84598 is 2.

GCF(84578,84598) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84578 and 84598, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84578 and 84598.

How to find the GCF of 84578 and 84598?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84578 and 84598. After we will calculate the factors of 84578 and 84598 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 84598

Prime factors of 84598 are 2, 42299. Prime factorization of 84598 in exponential form is:

84598 = 2¹ × 42299¹

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 84598

List of positive integer factors of 84598 that divides 84578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84578 and 84598. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84578 and 84598 is 2.

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