SOLUTION: Find a counterexample to the statement "The square of a number added to the sum of the number and five is a prime number."

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Question 121315: Find a counterexample to the statement "The square of a number added to the sum of the number and five is a prime number."
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find a counterexample to the statement "The square of a positive integer
added to the sum of the integer and five is a prime number."

The square of 4, which is 16, added 
to the sum of 4 and five, which is 9,
is NOT a prime number.

Edwin