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Which statement about prime factorisation is correct?.
- A.A number can have several different prime factorizations with different prime factors.
- B.The order of prime factors may change, but the prime factors and their powers are fixed.
- C.Only even numbers have a prime factorisation.
- D.The number 1 has a prime factorisation containing no primes and is itself prime.
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