Is 17 a prime number or a composite number?

It is a prime number.

Step-by-step explanation:

Composite numbers mean that there are multiple factors, and factors are numbers which can be multiplied together to get another number, for example, 6's factors would be 1,2,3, and 6, because 1 times 6 is 6 and 2 times 3 is 6.

Ex: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 100, 1000, 100000000000

Prime numbers mean that there is only two factors in a number, which are 1, and the number itself. There shouldn't be any other factors which multiply up to it.

Ex: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37

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1 IS NOT A PRIME NUMBER OR A COMPOSITE NUMBER.

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the answer would be c:   ax + b = ax + c

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