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2014 Prime Treat (Posted on 2014-12-22)

(2014)_{base N} denotes the base-N number 2014.

Determine the probability that for all the positive odd values of N chosen at random from (5)_{base 10} to (203)_{base 10} inclusively, the number (2014)_{base N} is a prime number.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The required probability is 17%.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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	Subject	Author	Date
	computer solution and exploration	Charlie	2014-12-22 15:52:52

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