How do you write the prime factorization of 28x2y?

1 Answer
Jan 14, 2017

2×2×7×x×x×y
[With the assumption that x and y are prime.]

Explanation:

The prime factors of 28 are: 2×2×7

Since x are y are unknowns, I will express the factors of x2y as: x×x×y [With the assumption that x and y are prime.]

Hence the prime factorisation of 28x2y is: 2×2×7×x×x×y