Question

Express 48 as a product of prime numbers using exponents.(1 point)
Responses

22 × 3 × 4
2
2

×

3

×

4
2 squared times 3 times 4

3 × 42
3

×

4
2
3 times 4 squared

2 × 3 × 23
2

×

3

×

2
3

2 times 3 times 2 cubed

24 × 3

Answer 1

48 = 2 × 24 = 2^2 × 12 = 2^3 × 6 = 2^4 × 3.
So the prime factorization (with exponents) is 2^4 × 3.