17 as a product of prime factors
What is 17 as a Product of Prime Factors?
First, note that in the sentence above, "product" is the result you get when you multiply numbers together to get 17.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 17.
All composite numbers can be written as a product of prime factors, however 17 is itself a prime number and not a composite number.
1 x 17 are the only two numbers that multiply to 17 and 1 is not a prime number nor prime factor.
Therefore, 17 as a Product of Prime Factors is not possible.
18 as a Product of Prime Factors
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