To determine if 8363 is a prime number or a composite number, we simply look at the factors for 8363.
If the factors of 8363 are only 8363 and 1, then we know that 8363 is a prime number. Otherwise, 8363 is a composite number.
To explain better, if 8363 is only divisible by 1 and 8363, then it is a prime number, and if 8363 is divisible by more than 8363 and 1, then it is a composite number.
The factors of 8363 are as follows:
1, 8363
Therefore, since 8363 is divisible by only one and itself, the answer to the
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