What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84959 and 84979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84959 and 84979 is 1.

GCF(84959,84979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84959 and 84979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84959 and 84979.

How to find the GCF of 84959 and 84979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84959 and 84979. After we will calculate the factors of 84959 and 84979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84959

Prime factors of 84959 are 7, 53, 229. Prime factorization of 84959 in exponential form is:

84959 = 7¹ × 53¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84979

Prime factors of 84979 are 84979. Prime factorization of 84979 in exponential form is:

84979 = 84979¹

Step-3: Factors of 84959

List of positive integer factors of 84959 that divides 84959 without a remainder.

1, 7, 53, 229, 371, 1603, 12137

Step-4: Factors of 84979

List of positive integer factors of 84979 that divides 84959 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84959 and 84979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84959 and 84979 is 1.

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