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What is the difference between the largest prime number less than 5o and the smallest comoosite number greater than 10

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Answer: 35

A prime number is one where the only factors are one and itself. A composite number has other factors.

You'll have to look at the list of numbers from 1 to 50

In that list, 47 is the largest prime less than 50, and 12 is the smallest composite number greater than 10.

So 47-12 = 35

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