To calculate: The prime factors of the number 31 and state whether it is prime or not.
Answer to Problem 7OE
The number 31 is a prime number.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The number 31.
Calculation:
Consider the provided number 31.
Recall that factors of a number are those numbers which when multiplied together result in that number.
A number is said to be a prime number if the factors of the number are 1 and the number itself.
31 is written as product of 1 and 31 that is
There are no other such numbers which when multiplied together result in 31.
Thus, the number 31 is a prime number.
Chapter 5 Solutions
Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
Additional Math Textbook Solutions
Intermediate Algebra (7th Edition)
Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)
Introductory and Intermediate Algebra for College Students (5th Edition)
Linear Algebra with Applications (9th Edition) (Featured Titles for Linear Algebra (Introductory))
Intermediate Algebra
College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (5th Edition)
- Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780134463216Author:Robert F. BlitzerPublisher:PEARSONContemporary Abstract AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305657960Author:Joseph GallianPublisher:Cengage LearningLinear Algebra: A Modern IntroductionAlgebraISBN:9781285463247Author:David PoolePublisher:Cengage Learning
- Algebra And Trigonometry (11th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780135163078Author:Michael SullivanPublisher:PEARSONIntroduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth EditionAlgebraISBN:9780980232776Author:Gilbert StrangPublisher:Wellesley-Cambridge PressCollege Algebra (Collegiate Math)AlgebraISBN:9780077836344Author:Julie Miller, Donna GerkenPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education