Question
How many distinct prime factors does Be have?
Solution
4.6
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Answer
2
Explanation
To answer this question, we begin by finding the prime factorization of 36. That gives us 2^2 * 3^2, therefore the number 36 have two distinct prime factors, namely 2 and 3. However, we note that these exist with multiplicity (2^2 and 3^2) yet still we count each prime factor only once. Therefore, the number of distinct prime factors of 36 is 2.