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xkcd #2922: Pub Trivia (imgs.xkcd.com)

https://xkcd.com/2922

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Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London

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[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

1 isn't considered a prime number so three can't ve constructed from just primes

[-] sudneo@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago
[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

Yes, but keep in mind:

I can't read

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

4 then - if 1 isn't a prime, then 1+4 doesn't count.

EDIT - should have been 1+3, doh!

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Jesus, I forgot 2 was a prime, what a dolt.

[-] hstde@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago
[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, typo. But I was wrong anyway! :-)

[-] LemmynySnicket@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

1+4=5 not 4 and 4 isn't prime either, so idk what you meant. 4 is the sum of two primes 2+2, which I thought was what you were asking at first.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I screwed up twice here. Forgot 2 was a prime somehow.

1+4 was just a typo, meant 1+3.

[-] uriel238 8 points 1 year ago

I am disappointed in Lemmings' collective lack of Savvy regarding math trivia.

Next thing you'll be telling me you don't know how to prove there's an infinite number of prime twins.

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