What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85702 and 85721?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85702 and 85721 is 1.

GCF(85702,85721) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85702 and 85721, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85702 and 85721.

How to find the GCF of 85702 and 85721?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85702 and 85721. After we will calculate the factors of 85702 and 85721 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 85721

Prime factors of 85721 are 23, 3727. Prime factorization of 85721 in exponential form is:

85721 = 23¹ × 3727¹

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 85721

List of positive integer factors of 85721 that divides 85702 without a remainder.

1, 23, 3727

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85702 and 85721. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85702 and 85721 is 1.

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