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what is -30 factored into primes

 Sep 13, 2016
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Assuming that we can include "negative" primes :

 

-30 =   -2 x 3 x 5     .......notice that the minus could be applied to any of the three primes

 

Note....... apparently, there is some debate whether or not primes can be negative!!!

 

This resource says one thing :  https://primes.utm.edu/notes/faq/negative_primes.html

 

This says another : http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/55940.html

 

I'm not well-versed enough in mathematics to referee this debate  !!!!!

 

 

cool cool cool

 Sep 13, 2016

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