anirudhbhalotia wrote:Not able to understand Rahul!
How did you get that its about prime or composite?
" integer k have a factor p"...does this means, for example k = 8, p = 2 or 4 or 8?
Can you break it down further...or may be I am missing some fundamental concepts here?
"integer k have a factor p" means p can any of the factors of integer k. For example if k = 8, then the factors of k are 1, 2, 4 and 8. Thus the value of p can be either 1 or 2 or 4 or 8.
Now the question says integer k have a factor p such that 1 < p < k. This means p ≠1 and p ≠k. Now if k = 8, the only possible values of p are 2 and 8.
The definition of prime number is:
A prime number is a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself. Which simply means if k is a natural number and p is its factor, then for k to be prime, only possible values of p are 1 and k. Otherwise it is not prime.
Thus the question boils down to whether k is prime or composite (not prime is composite).
Hope it clears your doubt.
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