What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85412 and 85426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85412 and 85426 is 2.

GCF(85412,85426) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85412 and 85426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85412 and 85426.

How to find the GCF of 85412 and 85426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85412 and 85426. After we will calculate the factors of 85412 and 85426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85412

Prime factors of 85412 are 2, 131, 163. Prime factorization of 85412 in exponential form is:

85412 = 2² × 131¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85426

Prime factors of 85426 are 2, 11, 353. Prime factorization of 85426 in exponential form is:

85426 = 2¹ × 11² × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 85412

List of positive integer factors of 85412 that divides 85412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 131, 163, 262, 326, 524, 652, 21353, 42706

Step-4: Factors of 85426

List of positive integer factors of 85426 that divides 85412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 121, 242, 353, 706, 3883, 7766, 42713

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85412 and 85426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85412 and 85426 is 2.

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