document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=815904>Question 815904</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what are three numbers you can multiply to get 197? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #491294 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=491294\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Start with you less advanced divisibility rules.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1+9+7=17.  Anything?  No.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do you know any other divisibility rules?  You might.  If so, use them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe not.  Do you know if 197 is composite or prime?  You might, but not difficult to check.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_numbers\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "197 is a PRIME number.  If you want INTEGERS, then you have these possibilities:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-1)(-197)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1)(197)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EXPLAIN why you want THREE numbers as factors?  The only idea for this might be (1)(-1)(-197)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-1)(1)(197)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In case you can use rational numbers then you have many choices to find the three factors of 197.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As example, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=197%2F4=49.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"197%2F4=49.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and note how this result is a multiple, a WHOLE NUMBER multiple of 0.05.  What then is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=49.25%2F0.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"49.25%2F0.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ?  it is 985.  Put this all-together and show the product in the form of its factors:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=197=4%2A49.25=4%2A0.05%2A985 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"197=4%2A49.25=4%2A0.05%2A985\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; notice 0.05 is also <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F20%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F20%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so you can say <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=197=4%281%2F20%29%2A985 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"197=4%281%2F20%29%2A985\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, the question is open-ended and you can find other three-number combination of factors which give 197 also. </SPAN>\n" );
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