What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85562 and 85578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85562 and 85578 is 2.

GCF(85562,85578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85562 and 85578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85562 and 85578.

How to find the GCF of 85562 and 85578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85562 and 85578. After we will calculate the factors of 85562 and 85578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85562

Prime factors of 85562 are 2, 179, 239. Prime factorization of 85562 in exponential form is:

85562 = 2¹ × 179¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85578

Prime factors of 85578 are 2, 3, 17, 839. Prime factorization of 85578 in exponential form is:

85578 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 839¹

Step-3: Factors of 85562

List of positive integer factors of 85562 that divides 85562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 179, 239, 358, 478, 42781

Step-4: Factors of 85578

List of positive integer factors of 85578 that divides 85562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 839, 1678, 2517, 5034, 14263, 28526, 42789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85562 and 85578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85562 and 85578 is 2.

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