What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85426 and 85442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85426 and 85442 is 2.

GCF(85426,85442) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85426 and 85442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85426 and 85442.

How to find the GCF of 85426 and 85442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85426 and 85442. After we will calculate the factors of 85426 and 85442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 85442

Prime factors of 85442 are 2, 7, 17, 359. Prime factorization of 85442 in exponential form is:

85442 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 85426

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 85442

List of positive integer factors of 85442 that divides 85426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 119, 238, 359, 718, 2513, 5026, 6103, 12206, 42721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85426 and 85442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85426 and 85442 is 2.

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