Three students need to produce a prime factorization of 48. Donna states that the first factors in the tree should be 6 and 8. L

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Three students need to produce a prime factorization of 48. Donna states that the first factors in the tree should be 6 and 8. L

arry states that the first factors in the tree should be 4 and 12. Trish states that the initial factors of 48 do not affect the prime factorization. Explain why Trish is correct.

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Anettt [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-13T21:49:28+03:00

Anettt [7]3 years ago

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Trish will be correct !!

zhannawk [14.2K] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-13T20:28:51+03:00

zhannawk [14.2K]3 years ago

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Trish is correct because whatever number starts the tree equals 48 anyway. The numbers that matters is if you follow through when factoring out the whole tree of 48.