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Manuel, Kayla, Michael and Yvette were trying to find theprime factorization for 120. •Manuel said,"The prime factorization for 120 is 23x3x5." •Kayla said, "Actually, it's 2 x 2 x 3 x 10."
•Michael said, "I got 2 x 5 x 2 x 2 x 3."
•Yvette said, "Well, could it be 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 1?"
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