Plz help don't know how to do this question.
Write number 68 as a product of prime factors.
Try to do prime factorazation.
start dividing by 2
68
34 2
17 2*2
Can you go any further? Are all these prime?
prime factorization of 34
98
To write 68 as a product of prime factors, you need to find its prime factorization.
To do this, you start by dividing 68 by the smallest prime number possible, which is 2:
68 ÷ 2 = 34
Now, you proceed to divide the quotient, 34, by 2 again:
34 ÷ 2 = 17
At this point, you have reached a prime number. 17 cannot be divided any further, so the prime factorization of 68 is 2 × 2 × 17.
Now, let's check if this prime factorization is correct:
2 × 2 × 17 = 4 × 17 = 68
Yes, all these factors are prime numbers. 2 and 17 are both prime numbers, and 4 is not a prime number because it is divisible by 2.
Therefore, the prime factorization of 68 is 2 × 2 × 17.