document.write( "Question 810354: The year 1949 was a prime year since 1949 is a prime number. What was the last prime year before 1949.? Is there a strategy to solve this \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Here are all the prime years of the last century and this century.\r\n" );
document.write( "You can use this list to answer the question. \r\n" );
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document.write( "1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999,\r\n" );
document.write( "2003, 2011, 2017, 2027, 2029, 2039, 2053, 2063, 2069, 2081, 2083, 2087, 2089,\r\n" );
document.write( "2099.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is no strategy except to check each year to see if it is prime. Of course\r\n" );
document.write( "only odd years that don't end in 5 can be prime, but that property doesn't\r\n" );
document.write( "guarantee that a year is prime.\r\n" );
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