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How do you write the prime factorization of #14w#?

Answer 1

Aurora Arias

#7times2timesw#

Determine the prime factorization of 14, or how to divide 14 into its prime numbers.

Since 14 is divisible by 2, starting there is the easiest thing to do first: divide by either 2 or 3.

#14/2#=7

You stop there because seven is a prime number.

Since w is a variable and cannot be factored, it is just

#7times 2times w#

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Answer 2

Skylar Adams

The prime factorization of (14w) is (2 \times 7 \times w), where (2) and (7) are prime numbers, and (w) is a variable.

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