Dani says she is thinking of a secret number. As a clue, she says the number is the least whole number that has three different prime factors. What is Dani's secret number? What is its prime factorization?

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2021-03-07

Dani says she is thinking of a secret number. As a clue, she says the number is the least whole number that has three different prime factors. What is Dani's secret number? What is its prime factorization?

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Mitchel Aguirre

Mitchel Aguirre

Skilled2021-03-08Added 94 answers

Given that it is the least whole number having 3 different prime factors, then the factors are the first 3 primes which are 2, 3, and 5. Hence, Dani’s number is:
2×3×5=30
The prime factorization is 2×3×5.

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