Question

Which of the following represents the prime factorization of 72?

Answer 1

2^3 3^2

Explanation:

Answer 2

If you would like to write the prime factorization of 72, you can do this using the following steps:

72 / 2 = 36
36 / 2 = 18
18 / 2 = 9
9 / 3 = 3
3 / 3 = 1

72 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 = 2^3 * 3^2

The correct result would be 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3.