What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84971 and 84988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84971 and 84988 is 1.

GCF(84971,84988) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84971 and 84988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84971 and 84988.

How to find the GCF of 84971 and 84988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84971 and 84988. After we will calculate the factors of 84971 and 84988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84971

Prime factors of 84971 are 31, 2741. Prime factorization of 84971 in exponential form is:

84971 = 31¹ × 2741¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84988

Prime factors of 84988 are 2, 21247. Prime factorization of 84988 in exponential form is:

84988 = 2² × 21247¹

Step-3: Factors of 84971

List of positive integer factors of 84971 that divides 84971 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2741

Step-4: Factors of 84988

List of positive integer factors of 84988 that divides 84971 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21247, 42494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84971 and 84988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84971 and 84988 is 1.

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