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Why is 85 composite?

Updated: 9/23/2023
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85 is a composite number because numbers other then 1 and itself equally go into it. 5 x 17 = 85, so 5 and 17 both go into 85 making it a composite number. (All numbers ending in 5 are composite, because 5 goes into them.)

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