what does 'a product of the same factor' mean?

[Alysia!]

what does "a product of the same factor" mean?

again, feeling stupid
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[Loren]

"Factors" are numbers that are multiplied. The multiplicand and multiplier are factors. When you multiply numbers, the result is called a "product." For instance in the problem "2X3=6" the 2 and 3 are factors and the 6 is the product. Can you now figure out the answer to your question?

 

[Alysia!]

umm...

No, not really :?

I'm dealing with exponents, with questions like...

"Write each expression as a product of the same factor

'a' squared"

Thank you!
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[jwpaine]

\(\displaystyle \L x^2 = x \cdot x\)
\(\displaystyle \L x^3 = x \cdot x \cdot x\)
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Hope this helps!

 

[Alysia!]

actually, yeah!

thank you!
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