What is the prime factorization of 252?

2 2 • 3 2 • 7
2 3 • 3 • 7
2 • 7 • 27
2 2 • 7 • 9

2 2 • 3 2 • 7:

the answer to the expression is 83

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents