What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86050 and 86068?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86050 and 86068 is 2.

GCF(86050,86068) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86050 and 86068, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86050 and 86068.

How to find the GCF of 86050 and 86068?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86050 and 86068. After we will calculate the factors of 86050 and 86068 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86050

Prime factors of 86050 are 2, 5, 1721. Prime factorization of 86050 in exponential form is:

86050 = 2¹ × 5² × 1721¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86068

Prime factors of 86068 are 2, 21517. Prime factorization of 86068 in exponential form is:

86068 = 2² × 21517¹

Step-3: Factors of 86050

List of positive integer factors of 86050 that divides 86050 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1721, 3442, 8605, 17210, 43025

Step-4: Factors of 86068

List of positive integer factors of 86068 that divides 86050 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21517, 43034

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86050 and 86068. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86050 and 86068 is 2.

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