Question

The Paint Factory has 500 different colors of interior paint from which to choose. Generate an equivalent expression using prime factorization for the number 500.

a)2 x 2 x 5 x 25
b)4 x 5 x 25
c)2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 5
please hurry

Answer 1

c)2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 5

`500 \\ (500)/(5) = 100 \\ (100)/(5) = 20 \\ (20)/(2) = 10 \\ (10)/(2) = 5 \\ (5)/(5) = 1\\`

Rewrite the denominators

2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 5

Answer 2

The answer is C.

Explanation:

The simplest form is C.