SOLUTION: What is the largest prime, p, such that one thirteenth of p is less than 9? Show work.

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Question 474651: What is the largest prime, p, such that one thirteenth of p is less than 9? Show work.

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!




113 is the largest prime less than 117, so p = 113.

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