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How many integers n can be used such that the quantity |2n^2 + 3n + 11 - n^2 + 9n| results in a prime number?

 Jun 21, 2022

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2n^2 + 3n + 11 - n^2 + 9n  can be written as n^2 + 12n + 11 which, in turn can be factored as (n + 1)(n + 11).

 

So what does this tell you, remembering that a prime number has no factors other than itself and 1?

 Jun 21, 2022
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2n^2 + 3n + 11 - n^2 + 9n  can be written as n^2 + 12n + 11 which, in turn can be factored as (n + 1)(n + 11).

 

So what does this tell you, remembering that a prime number has no factors other than itself and 1?

Alan Jun 21, 2022

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