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Six numbers and a prime (Posted on 2006-08-29) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Consider six consecutive positive integers. Show that there is a prime number that divides exactly one of them.

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n = 12 | Comment 5 of 23 |
A more challenging proposition:

Consider 12 consecutive positive integers. Show that there is a prime number that divides exactly one of them.



  Posted by Steve Herman on 2006-08-29 20:04:25
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