SOLUTION: Find the counterexample to the statement: "The square of a number added to the sum of the number and five is a prime number. I started with the square root of 16, which I know is 4

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: Find the counterexample to the statement: "The square of a number added to the sum of the number and five is a prime number. I started with the square root of 16, which I know is 4,but this is as far as I can get with setting this up....Help!!! This question is from textbook Fourth Edition Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Answer by user_dude2008(1862) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"The square of a number added to the sum of the number and five" translates to

Counter Example: Let x=4

--->

Since 25 is not prime, this means that the statement is false
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