Part 1:Is it possible for a composite number to have more than one prime factorization? Is it possible for a number to have no prime factors? Why?Part 2: Give an example of how prime factorization could be used in the real world.
Accepted Solution
A:
There is only 1 set of prime factors for any numberA prime number can be divided evenly only by 1 or
itself, so it would not have any prime factors
Part 2
Prime factorization is used by
people who try to make or break secret codes made with numbers, because factoring
really large numbers is difficult and can take computers a long time to do it.