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Express 6160 as a product of their prime factor​

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First at all , Note:

  • prime numbers are all positive integers that can only be evenly divided by 1 and itself. Prime Factors of 6160 are all the prime numbers that when multiplied together equal 6160.

How to find Prime factors of 6160:?

→ The process of finding the Prime Factors of 6160 is called Prime Factorization of 6160.

→ To get the Prime Factors of 6160, you divide 6160 by the smallest prime number .

→ Then you take the result from that and divide that by the smallest prime number. Repeat this process until you end up with..;-

• Prime Factorization process creates what we call the Prime Factor Tree of 6160:...

see the above attachment ↑ ...

• All the prime numbers that are used to divide in the Prime Factor Tree are the Prime Factors of 6160... See here:

  • 6160 ÷ 2 = 3080
  • 3080 ÷ 2 = 1540
  • 1540 ÷ 2 = 770
  • 770 ÷ 2 = 385
  • 385 ÷ 5 = 77
  • 77 ÷ 7 = 11
  • 11 ÷ 11 = 1

All the prime numbers you used to divide above are the Prime Factors of 6160. Thus, the Prime Factors of 6160 are:

2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 7, 11.

Hope this helps you :) ...

#Carry on learning# :)...

Express 6160 as a product of their prime factor​-example-1
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