SOLUTION: How many positive integers less than 100 cannot be written as the sum of two positive integers (not necessarily different)
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 49
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A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 49
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Question 995332: How many positive integers less than 100 cannot be written as the sum of two positive integers (not necessarily different)
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 49 Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Every positive whole number n such that can be written in the form where 'a' and 'b' are positive whole numbers (it is possible that a = b)
n = 1 is not able to be written into the form because either 'a' or 'b' would have to be 0. But this contradicts their condition that and
So the final answer is B. 1 since there is only one number (the number 1 itself) that cannot be written as the sum of two positive integers.
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