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How to I find the prime factorization of 36

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Basically, you break the number down until the number can't be broken down any more.
So 36 is 12x3.
12 is 3x4
4 is 2x2
So now we broken the number down into the prime numbers that multiply to get 36: 3x3x2x2, or (3^2)(2^2)
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