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To: xm177e2

Me too. It sure "looked prime"!


40 posted on 02/19/2005 7:42:00 PM PST by NonLinear ("If not instantaneous, then extrordinarily fast" - Galileo re. speed of light. circa 1600)
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To: NonLinear
Me too. It sure "looked prime"!

Yeah. I can just look at a number, and I have a pretty good idea if it might be a prime (example: 37 yes, 42 no). Does that mean I have savant powers?

44 posted on 02/19/2005 7:49:04 PM PST by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: NonLinear

>Me too. It sure "looked prime"!<

It did, but the only thing that saved me is a rule I learned in elementary school - add the 2 integers (5+7), and if they equal a number divisible by 3, then the higher number is also divisible by 3.

Ok I just bored the math whizzes on this thread to tears.


146 posted on 02/20/2005 6:29:03 AM PST by Darnright
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