SOLUTION: What is the sum of the largest prime less than 100 and the smallest prime greater than 100?

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Question 1191657: What is the sum of the largest prime less than 100 and the smallest prime greater than 100?
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What is the sum of the largest prime less than 100 and the smallest prime greater than 100?
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Use the table of prime numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_numbers


The largest prime less than  100  is  97.

The smallest prime number greater than  100  is  101.

The sum is   97 + 101 = 198.


ANSWER.   The sum of the largest prime less than  100  and the smallest prime greater than  100  is  198.

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