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Please help! I really need help and I don't understand this ! Quick!!

Please help! I really need help and I don't understand this ! Quick!!-example-1

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So you divide 108 by 2 to get 54;
then you divide 54 by 2 to get 27;
27 can by divided by 3 for 9;
and 9 divides into 3 and 3.
This means that 108 = (2)(2)(3)(3)(3), or 108 =
( 2^(2) )( 3^(3) )
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108
2 54
2 27
3 9
3 3
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