172 as a Product of Prime Factors
What is 172 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 172.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 172.
All composite numbers can be written as a Product of Prime Factors and 172 is no exception.
The prime factors of 172 are 2, 2, 43. Therefore, 172 as a Product of Prime Factors is:
2 x 2 x 43 = 172
Note that there is only one set of unique prime factors that multiply to 172.
173 as a Product of Prime Factors
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