3 as a product of prime factors
What is 3 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 3.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 3.
All composite numbers can be written as a product of prime factors, however 3 is itself a prime number and not a composite number.
1 x 3 are the only two numbers that multiply to 3 and 1 is not a prime number nor prime factor.
Therefore, 3 as a Product of Prime Factors is not possible.
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