SOLUTION: What is the first even number greater than 2 that cannot be made by adding together two prime numbers?

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Question 490115: What is the first even number greater than 2 that cannot be made by adding together two prime numbers?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is unknown. The Goldbach Conjecture asserts that any even number >2 can be written as the sum of two primes, but it hasn't been proven yet.