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A composite is any number that has a prime factor smaller than itself and greater than 1.
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The smallest prime factor of any even number greater than two will always be two (2).
That is how they are defined. Any number greater than 1 is composite if it has a factor other than 1 and itself. If it is not a composite number then it is a prime number. It mustbe one or the other and the result follows.
53 is a prime number that is greater than 50