document.write( "Question 694313: What is meant by the terms form 2k and form 3m in equations dealing with prime numbers? Is the 2 the number of elements in a subset of factors? What does the k stand for?
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Without more context, my guess as to the meaning of $\"k\"$ and $\"m\"$ is almost a wild guess.
\n" ); document.write( "For divisibility and prime factoring, I would use $\"k\"$ and $\"m\"$ to mean whole numbers.
\n" ); document.write( "Then, I would represent even numbers (multiples of 2) as $\"2k\"$ , odd numbers as $\"2k%2B1\"$ , and multiples of 3 as $\"3m\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "The meaning of your $\"k\"$ and $\"m\"$ has to have been defined at some point (maybe a couple of pages/lessons back). \n" ); document.write( "

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