What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84850 and 84866?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84850 and 84866 is 2.

GCF(84850,84866) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84850 and 84866, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84850 and 84866.

How to find the GCF of 84850 and 84866?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84850 and 84866. After we will calculate the factors of 84850 and 84866 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 84866

Prime factors of 84866 are 2, 42433. Prime factorization of 84866 in exponential form is:

84866 = 2¹ × 42433¹

Step-3: Factors of 84850

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 84866

List of positive integer factors of 84866 that divides 84850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42433

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84850 and 84866. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84850 and 84866 is 2.

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