72 as a Product of Prime Factors
What is 72 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 72.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 72.
All composite numbers can be written as a Product of Prime Factors and 72 is no exception.
The prime factors of 72 are 2, 2, 2, 3, 3. Therefore, 72 as a Product of Prime Factors is:
2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 72
Note that there is only one set of unique prime factors that multiply to 72.
73 as a Product of Prime Factors
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