Explanation:
Prime factorization says that, if a number is prime then the only way it can be factored is, 1 times the number itself.
But if the number is composite, it can be expressed as a product of prime factors. This method is called prime factorization.
For example: 12 is a composite number, it can be written in the form of prime factorization as,
[tex]12 = 2 \times 2 \times 3[/tex]
Here we can see that 12 is expressed as the product of primes only. This is called prime factorization.
