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A prime number is a natural number with exactly two distinct positive numbers,
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a. What type of reasoning is Amy using?
b. Try the next several natural numbers and see whether they seem to work.
c. Show that Amy’s conjecture is false for
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- Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:CengageAlgebra: Structure And Method, Book 1AlgebraISBN:9780395977224Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. ColePublisher:McDougal Littell