Question

​​Express the following as a product of powers of their prime factors
a)388 b)333 c)42 d) 2 to the power of 6−2 to the power of 4

Answer 1

Hi,
$$\begin{gathered} 388=2\times 2\times 97=2^2\times 97 \\ 333=3\times 3\times 37=3^2\times 37 \\ {2}^6-2^4=2^4\left[2^2-1\right] \\ =2^4\times 3 \end{gathered}$$

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