Three primes--p, q, and r--satisfy p+q = r and 1 < p<q. What is the value of p?
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Three primes--p, q, and r--satisfy p+q = r and 1 < p<q. What is the value of p?
2?
p = 2
q = 3
r = 5
It's a little simple considering any two odd numbers summed make an even, so one number must be even to make the result odd, and there is only one prime that is even.