87 is a composite number made up of the primes 3 and 29.
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87 is NOT a prime number.
The prime factors of 87 are 3 x 29
To write 87 as a product of its prime factors, we first divide it by the smallest prime number, which is 3. This gives us 87 = 3 * 29. Since 29 is a prime number itself, the prime factorization of 87 is 3 * 29.