To calculate: The prime factors of the number 16 and state whether it is prime or not.
Answer to Problem 21WE
The number 16 is not aprime number. The prime factorization is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The number 16.
Calculation:
Consider the provided number 16.
Recall that factors of a number are those numbers which when multiplied together result in that number.
A number is said to be a prime number if the factors of the number are 1 and the number itself.
16 is written as product of 2 and 8 that is
Since, 8 is not prime number factorize 8 further,
Now, again 4 is not a prime number, so factorize it again,
No further factorization is possible since 2 is a prime number.
Thus, the number 16is not a prime number. The prime factorization is
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