document.write( "Question 442923: Formula x2 - x + 41 substitute the x in the formula with 0, then two even numbers, then two odd numbers and see if a prime number occurs. Try to find a number for x that when substituted in the formula yields a composite number \n" ); document.write( "

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Formula x^2 - x + 41 substitute the x in the formula with 0, then two even numbers, then two odd numbers and see if a prime number occurs.
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\n" ); document.write( "This is an equation used to generate prime numbers.
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\n" ); document.write( " Try to find a number for x that when substituted in the formula yields a composite number.
\n" ); document.write( "Obviously, when x = 41, we have 41^2 = 1681 has to be a composite number \n" ); document.write( "

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