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2018 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 11

Revision as of 14:03, 16 February 2018 by Ythomashu (talk | contribs) (Added Solution 1, tweaked spacing)

Which of the following expressions is never a prime number when $p$ is a prime number?

$\textbf{(A) } p^2+16 \qquad \textbf{(B) } p^2+24 \qquad \textbf{(C) } p^2+26 \qquad \textbf{(D) } p^2+46 \qquad \textbf{(E) } p^2+96$

Solution 1

The only expression is always a multiple of $3$ is $\textbf{(C) } p^2+26$. This is excluding when $p=3$, then $p^2+26=35$ which is still composite.

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