SOLUTION: can you help me figure out to solve this?? Write 840 as a product of prime factors.

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Question 634794: can you help me figure out to solve this??
Write 840 as a product of prime factors.

Answer by radh(108) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To solve this, we must figure out the factors of 840 and point out the primes:

Solved by pluggable solver: Find factors of any number
840 is NOT a prime number: 840 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 5 * 7

Work Shown

840 is divisible by 2: 840 = 420 * 2.
420 is divisible by 2: 420 = 210 * 2.
210 is divisible by 2: 210 = 105 * 2.
105 is divisible by 3: 105 = 35 * 3.
35 is divisible by 5: 35 = 7 * 5.
7 is not divisible by anything.

This calculation used this Prime Factorization Algorithm.

Now, with this solver, we see the prime factors making the product: (840 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 5 * 7), but to solve this ourselves, you can just make a factoring tree until you reach the primes. Multiply all the primes by each other, and you'd get a product made entirely of primes.

I hope this helps! If you still need help, feel free to contact me. :)