What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85334 and 85342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85334 and 85342 is 2.

GCF(85334,85342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85334 and 85342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85334 and 85342.

How to find the GCF of 85334 and 85342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85334 and 85342. After we will calculate the factors of 85334 and 85342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85334

Prime factors of 85334 are 2, 42667. Prime factorization of 85334 in exponential form is:

85334 = 2¹ × 42667¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85342

Prime factors of 85342 are 2, 71, 601. Prime factorization of 85342 in exponential form is:

85342 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 601¹

Step-3: Factors of 85334

List of positive integer factors of 85334 that divides 85334 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42667

Step-4: Factors of 85342

List of positive integer factors of 85342 that divides 85334 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 601, 1202, 42671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85334 and 85342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85334 and 85342 is 2.

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