What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84845 and 84850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84845 and 84850 is 5.

GCF(84845,84850) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84845 and 84850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84845 and 84850.

How to find the GCF of 84845 and 84850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84845 and 84850. After we will calculate the factors of 84845 and 84850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84845

Prime factors of 84845 are 5, 71, 239. Prime factorization of 84845 in exponential form is:

84845 = 5¹ × 71¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84850

Prime factors of 84850 are 2, 5, 1697. Prime factorization of 84850 in exponential form is:

84850 = 2¹ × 5² × 1697¹

Step-3: Factors of 84845

List of positive integer factors of 84845 that divides 84845 without a remainder.

1, 5, 71, 239, 355, 1195, 16969

Step-4: Factors of 84850

List of positive integer factors of 84850 that divides 84845 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1697, 3394, 8485, 16970, 42425

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84845 and 84850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84845 and 84850 is 5.

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