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  • 04-02-2016
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What is the prime factor of 32

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JaySL JaySL
  • 04-02-2016
We factor out primes from 32 to find it's prime factorization.

32=2*16=2*2*8=2*2*2*4=2*2*2*2*2.  2 is a prime number, so this cannot be reduced further.  Since we have five twos and no other primes, the factorization is 2^5, and the only prime factor is 2.
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perpetual15
perpetual15 perpetual15
  • 04-02-2016
use the factor tree 
      32
    4    8
  2*2  2*4
2*2   2*2*2
so the answer would be 2 to the fifth power 
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