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Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Prime Factors

Here is a guide to finding the prime factors of a given number:

1. Increment the divisor to the next prime number. After extracting all 2s, try dividing by 3. Then 5, 7, 11 and so on.
2. Divide n by each prime divisor. Keep dividing by prime numbers until n is no longer divisible.
3. Track the prime divisors. Every time n is evenly divisible, the divisor is a prime factor. Add it to the list.
4. Repeat until n is prime. Keep testing divisibility and extracting prime factors until n is only divisible by 1 and itself.

By following these steps, you can find all the prime factors that make up a composite number n.