document.write( "Question 975880: how to factor 72 into a product of prime factors?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #731339 by Shin123(626)\"\" \"About 
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You have to make a factor tree. Keep factoring until you get to a “dead end”.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Now you multiply all the “dead ends” and you will get 72.\r
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