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Consecutive Odd and Prime (Posted on 2006-11-08) Difficulty: 1 of 5
How many sets of 3 or more consecutive positive odd numbers greater than 1 exist such that all of the numbers are prime?

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Solution Trivial | Comment 2 of 4 |
Out of N consecutive odd integers, at least one must be a multiple of N, so taking 3 integers, one must be a multiple of 3: the only prime multiple of 3 is 3, so the answer is 3, 5, 7.
  Posted by e.g. on 2006-11-08 19:08:10
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