Explain why 7 × 11 ×13 +13 and 7 ×6 ×5 ×4 ×3 ×2× 1× 5 are composite numbers?
Question
Answer:
11∗13∗15∗17+17=17(11∗13∗15∗1+1)11
∗
13
∗
15
∗
17
+
17
=
17
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11
∗
13
∗
15
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1
+
1
)
Now, 11∗13∗15∗1
11
∗
13
∗
15
∗
1
is a product of odd numbers which is always odd.
Thus, we have 17∗(odd+1)
17
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o
d
d
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1
)
=odd∗(odd+odd)
=
o
d
d
∗
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o
d
d
+
o
d
d
)
=odd∗even
=
o
d
d
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e
v
e
n
=even
=
e
v
e
n
Now, 2 is the only prime number that is even. Hence, given number cannot be prime and is therefore composite
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