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Why do you think mathmaticians decided not to call 1 a prime number?
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A Prime number has two factors, 1 and itself. 1 is not considered a prime number as its factors are 1. Following the rule for primes, you could say that its factors are 1 and 1, but 1 and 1 are obviously the same number.
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