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Algebra.Com's Answer #469651 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Factor all numbers into primes:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel a pair of 2's\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel a pair of 3's\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel a pair of 5's\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel a pair of 7's\r\n" );
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document.write( "So that becomes:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The next whole number to that is 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "We subtract that from 1 to find out what we must \r\n" );
document.write( "add to  to get the next whole number, 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write 1 as \r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: \r\n" );
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