Question

how many factors are in the expression 4 x 3ab

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The expression 4 x 3ab can be written as 12ab.

To find the number of factors, we can break down the expression into its prime factors: 2 x 2 x 3 x a x b.

Since each factor can either be present or not present, we can count the number of factors by adding 1 to each exponent of the prime factors and then multiplying these values together.

Here, we have 2 x 2 x 2 x 1 x 1 = 8 factors in the expression 4 x 3ab.