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Penelope has 300 different types of beads she uses when decorating dresses generate an equivalent expression using prime factorization for the number 300

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Answer:

2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 or
2^(2) · 3 ·
5^(2)

Explanation:

i like to see if numbers are divisible by 2, 3 or 5 when doing prime factorizations because they are prime numbers

300 = 3 x 100

5 x 100 = 3 x 5 x 20

3 x 5 x 5 x 4

3 x 5 x 5 x 2x 2

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