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Composite Sum Satisfaction (Posted on 2014-11-11)

Determine the largest even positive integer that cannot be written as the sum of two odd composite positive integers.

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(In reply to solution by Ady TZIDON)

Hats off!

I like Ady's solution. It makes it very clear why the largest can't be greater than 38.

Posted by Steve Herman on 2014-11-11 11:07:02

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