A student claims: *'For every positive integer , is prime.'* Which value of is a counterexample?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: E.

  1. Step 1: Evaluate : gives , gives , gives , gives ; all are prime.
  2. Step 2: gives , which is not prime, so it is a counterexample.
Answer
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Why not the others: The other four values give the primes , , and , so they agree with the claim and cannot disprove it.

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