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Question
Determine the prime factorisation of the following positive integer:
58500
Numerical
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Solution
| 5 | 58500 |
| 5 | 11700 |
| 5 | 2340 |
| 2 | 468 |
| 2 | 234 |
| 3 | 117 |
| 3 | 39 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 1 |
58500 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 13
∴ 58500 = 22 × 32 × 53 × 13
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Chapter 1: Real Numbers - EXERCISE 1.3 [Page 1.25]
