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The prime factorization of a positive integer n is p^3. Which of the following is true?...

The prime factorization of a positive integer n is p^3. Which of the following is true? Explain and show your answers.

I. n cannot be even

II. n has only one positive prime factor.

III, n has exactly three distinct factors.

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The prime factorization of a positive integer n is p^3 , where p is a prime number. So all possible factor of n are  1,p,p^2,p^3.

(i) If we consider n=8 , then the prime factorization of 8 is 2^3 for a prime 2 , but n is even.

(ii) Clearly n has only prime factor p. The other factors are not prime.

(iii) If n has three distinct factors then the prime factorization of n cannot be p^3 for any prime p . So n cannot has exactly three distinct factors.

Therefore option (ii) is correct.

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