I know what they are but I can't define it. Please give me a complete mathematical meaning of factors
2006-09-18 03:39:47 · 7 answers · asked by Ygil 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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2006-09-18 03:41:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A factor of any given number is a whole number that that number divides evenly by. So, for example, 6 and 15 are both factors of 30, but 7.5 is NOT a factor of 30 even though 30/7.5=4 (because 7.5 is not a whole number). A prime factor is any factor of a given number that is prime, and any whole number higher than 1 can be described uniquely according to its prime factors. For example, the prime factors of 75 are 3, 5, 5 (because 3*5*5=75).
In algebra, factors are slightly different, they are the TERMS (rather than the numbers) that multiply together to make a given term. So the factors of x^2-1 are x-1 and x+1 (that particular example is also the difference of two squares).
2006-09-18 03:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fac·tor (făk'tər)
n.
One that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result, or process: “Surprise is the greatest factor in war” (Tom Clancy). See synonyms at element.
One who acts for someone else; an agent.
A person or firm that accepts accounts receivable as security for short-term loans.
Mathematics. One of two or more quantities that divides a given quantity without a remainder. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6; a and b are factors of ab.
A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement: The rate increased by a factor of ten.
A gene. No longer in technical usage.
Physiology. A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.
tr.v., -tored, -tor·ing, -tors.
To determine or indicate explicitly the factors of.
phrasal verb:
factor in
To figure in: We factored sick days and vacations in when we prepared the work schedule.
[Middle English factour, perpetrator, agent, from Old French facteur
Try the methamatical part of it.
2006-09-18 03:47:06 · answer #3 · answered by Coolguy_punjabi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of two or more quantities that are multiplied together. In the expression 3.712 x 11.315, the factors are 3.712 and 11.315.
A matrix of variables by terms showing which variables appear in which terms. The entries are 0 if the variable does not occur in the term, 1 if it does occur and should be coded by contrasts, and 2 if it occurs and should be coded via dummy variables for all levels (as when an intercept or lower-order term is missing). If there are no terms other than an intercept and offsets, this is numeric(0) .
2006-09-18 03:41:33 · answer #4 · answered by Zoila 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
factors are a set of prime numbers that you can multiply together to form a number.
2006-09-18 03:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by Allen G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
2006-09-18 03:41:23 · answer #6 · answered by Dana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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NO ONE TELL HIM!!!!!!
2006-09-18 03:42:24 · answer #7 · answered by ~*The Show Must Go On*~ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋