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Problem
Which of the following expressions is never a prime number when is a prime number?
Solution 1
Because squares of a non-multiple of 3 is always , the only expression is always a multiple of
is
. This is excluding when
, which only occurs when
, then
which is still composite.
Solution 2 (Answer Choices)
Since the question asks which of the following will never be a prime number when is a prime number, a way to find the answer is by trying to find a value for
such that the statement above won't be true.
A) isn't true when
because
, which is prime
B) isn't true when
because
, which is prime
C)
D) isn't true when
because
, which is prime
E) isn't true when
because
, which is prime
Therefore, is the correct answer.
-DAWAE
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Video Solution
~savannahsolver
See Also
2018 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 10 |
Followed by Problem 12 | |
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