2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 24
In how many ways can be written as the sum of two primes?
Solution
For the sum of two numbers to be odd, one must be odd and the other must be even, because All odd numbers are of the form where n is an integer, and all even numbers are of the form where m is an integer. and is an integer because and are both integers. The only even prime number is so our only combination could be and However, is clearly divisible by so the number of ways can be written as the sum of two primes is
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