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A certain number is a whole number. If the number is also composite, what must be true about the number?

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Answer:

There will be more that two factors of number including 1.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

certain number is a whole number

Number is also composite.

Need to determine what must be true about the number

1) Number is a positive number as 0 is not a composite number and whole number do not include negative numbers.

2) There will be more that two factors of the number including 1.

Example – consider 4 . Factors are 2 , 2 , 1 . consider 35 , factors are 7 and 5 and 1.

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