SOLUTION: I need to find three factorizations of the monomial 36x^7

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Question 717750: I need to find three factorizations of the monomial 36x^7
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Factoring mainly means finding 2 numbers multiplied together.
Use the rules of exponents to solve this: x%5E2%2Ax%5E5=x%5E%282%2B5%29=x%5E7
you are factoring 36 into it's factors of 6%2A6,2%2A18,4%2A9, or 3%2A12
36x%5E7=6x%2A6x%5E6
36x%5E7=2x%5E5%2A18x%5E2
36x%5E7=4x%5E4%2A9x%5E3