Three students need to produce a prime factorization of 48. Donna states that the first factors in the tree should be 6 and 8. Larry 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. Why is trish correct?

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Step-by-step explanation:

The initial factors do not affect the prime factorisation.

Continuing the factorisation will lead to the same result whichever initial factors you choose.

    48  

 4   *   12

2*2  *  2*2*3

= 2*2*2*2*3

      48

  6  *    8

2*3  *  2*2*2

= 2*2*2*2*3.

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