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What would the prime factorization of eight be ?

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\begin{gathered} \text{The prime factorization of 8 means arranging all the factors of 8 as per prime numbers} \\ \text{And this is shown below;} \\ 8=2*2*2 \\ 8=2^3 \end{gathered}

The prime factorization of 8 is two raised to the power of three, as shown above

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