Question

Find the prime factorization of 50.

Answer 1

what????

Answer 2

50 = 2*25
25 = 5*5
50 = 2*5*5, 2 and 5 are both prime

Answer 3

does it matter if they are prime?

Answer 4

2*5*5 = 2*5^2
(3 prime factors, 2 distinct)

Answer 5

\[2*5^2\] Answer. :-)

Answer 6

thanks

Answer 7

Make sure you also label the # of total factors and # of distinct factors

Answer 8

Or it's technically only partly correct

Answer 9

ok thanks for the help