SOLUTION: If d and e are prime numbers greater than 3, which of the following could also be a prime number?
Options:
d + e
d + e + 1
d + e + 2
de
de + 1
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Question 955383: If d and e are prime numbers greater than 3, which of the following could also be a prime number?
Options:
d + e
d + e + 1
d + e + 2
de
de + 1
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First thing, if and are prime numbers greater than , then they're . Use properties of even and odd numbers and primes to think it through.
a) => is => cannot be prime
b) => is => that could be prime; in fact I can think of an example: , => which is a prime number
c) is
d) is a of two prime numbers,so it cannot be prime by the definition of a prime number
e) => since is => is => not be prime
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