Question

What is the prime factorization of 84?
2 times 3 times 7
2 squared times 3 times 7
2 Superscript 5 Baseline times 3
2 squared times 21

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
To find the prime factorization of 84, we can start by dividing it by the smallest prime numbers and continue the process.

1. 84 is even, so we divide by 2:
\( 84 \div 2 = 42 \)
2. 42 is also even, so we divide by 2 again:
\( 42 \div 2 = 21 \)
3. 21 is divisible by 3:
\( 21 \div 3 = 7 \)
4. 7 is a prime number.

Now, we can write the prime factorization of 84 as:
- \( 2^2 \times 3 \times 7 \)

So, the correct option is:
**2 squared times 3 times 7**.

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