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. By using prime factorization, I know that 12 = 2^2*3
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document.write( " 50 = 5^2*2
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document.write( " 72 = 3^2*2^3
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document.write( "Now, I plug these terms back in and I get:
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document.write( "The answer key shows that the answer should be
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Can you see where I went wrong? I'm not coming up with the right answer.
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