SOLUTION: Find the greatest prime divisor of the value of the arithmetic series 5 + 6 + 7 + \dots + 135.

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Question 1207597: Find the greatest prime divisor of the value of the arithmetic series
5 + 6 + 7 + \dots + 135.

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by ikleyn(52946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the greatest prime divisor of the value of the arithmetic series
5 + 6 + 7 + \dots + 135.
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This sum, as for any arithmetic progression, is the product of the mean by the number of terms.


The mean is  %285%2B135%29%2F2 = 140%2F2 = 70.

The number of terms is  135-4 = 131.


So, the sum is  70*131.


Decomposition of the sum to product of primes is  70*131 = 2*5*7*131.


The greatest prime divisor is 131.


ANSWER.  The greatest prime divisor is 131.

Solved.

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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20067) About Me  (Show Source):
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It's interesting that the greatest prime divisor of the sum happened to turn out
to be the same as the number of terms, 135-5+1=131.  

It's further interesting that the greatest prime term of the series is also 131. 
[Note that 133 is not prime since 133=7x19].

[Some more workout for the brain. lol]

Edwin