Answer:
I am not totally sure, but I think the answer is D.
4xy^2 because 4 and 20's GCF is 4
x and x^2 have X in common
and y^2 and y^4 have y^2 in common
Multiply those together and you get 4xy^2
So prime factorization is what it seems, <u>finding the prime factors of a number.</u> Using prime factorization, we can break down 254 as such:

Since 2 and 127 are prime,<u> the prime factorization of 254 is 2 × 127.</u>