Following is ill-written code intended for judging a number is prime or not. Note that you should point out the problems first and then correct the code.        //define variables      int number;                 //Create scanner      Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(System.in);        System.out.println("Please input a positive integer");      number = myScanner.nextInt();                         for(int counter =1; counter < number; counter++)      {            if (number%counter == 0 ){                 System.out.println(number+" is NOT prime!");            }            else{                 System.out.println(number+" is prime!");                 break;            }      }//end for

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Following is ill-written code intended for judging a number is prime or not. Note that you should point out the problems first and then correct the code.

 

     //define variables

     int number;

          

     //Create scanner

     Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(System.in);

 

     System.out.println("Please input a positive integer");

     number = myScanner.nextInt();   

          

    

     for(int counter =1; counter < number; counter++)

     {

           if (number%counter == 0 ){

                System.out.println(number+" is NOT prime!");

           }

           else{

                System.out.println(number+" is prime!");

                break;

           }

     }//end for

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