how many factors does a^2, b^3, and c^4 have?

Question

no damn clue!

Answer 1

Well, list them!

For example, the factors of b^3 are 1=b^0, b=b^1, b^2, and b^3.

That's 4 in total.

It's always one more than the exponent, because for x^n, there are factors corresponding to 0, 1, 2, ...., n.