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Whats the prime factorization of 225

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225 is a composite number and a perfect square. The exponents in the prime factorization are 2 and 2. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (2 + 1)(2 + 1) = 3 x 3 = 9. Therefore 225 has 9 factors
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3*3*5*5 is the prime factorization
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