What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85702 and 85718?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85702 and 85718 is 2.

GCF(85702,85718) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85702 and 85718, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85702 and 85718.

How to find the GCF of 85702 and 85718?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85702 and 85718. After we will calculate the factors of 85702 and 85718 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85702

Prime factors of 85702 are 2, 73, 587. Prime factorization of 85702 in exponential form is:

85702 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 587¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85718

Prime factors of 85718 are 2, 42859. Prime factorization of 85718 in exponential form is:

85718 = 2¹ × 42859¹

Step-3: Factors of 85702

List of positive integer factors of 85702 that divides 85702 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 587, 1174, 42851

Step-4: Factors of 85718

List of positive integer factors of 85718 that divides 85702 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42859

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85702 and 85718. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85702 and 85718 is 2.

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